Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.
All thinking men are atheists.
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.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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.
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
I believe that every person is born with talent.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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 mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
