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

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

You shape your own destiny.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

They alone live, who live for others.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

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

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

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

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

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

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

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.