People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

All thinking men are atheists.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

It's always too early to quit.

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

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

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

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

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

I am the captain of my soul.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.