Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

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

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.