Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.
If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.