We need never be ashamed of our tears.
Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.
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.
The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.