Know thyself.

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

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

They alone live, who live for others.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.