To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

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

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

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.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak