The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

The best way out is always through.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

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

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.