We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

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

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

All thinking men are atheists.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

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