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.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
There is always room at the top.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.
Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.