Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

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

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

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

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

You shape your own destiny.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.