Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
Make today worth remembering.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.