We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

When I give, I give myself.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.