First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

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

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

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

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

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.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

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

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul

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

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.