I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

I am the lizard king. I can do anything.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

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

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

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

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

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

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.