If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

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

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

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.