Ideas come from everything

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

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