Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

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

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

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

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

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