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

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

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.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

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 secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

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

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

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

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.