If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

When things go wrong don't go with them

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.