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

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

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

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

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.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

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

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

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

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.