Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

The best way out is always through.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

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.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.