I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.