Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend

A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.

Seek the sound that never ceases. Seek the sun that never sets.

Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.

There is no escape — man drags man down, or man lifts man up.

There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” 

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature — or go insane.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it needs is courage, imagination ... and a little dough.

“The best competition I have is against myself to become better.”

There is no such thing as failure, only results.

Don’t think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success.

Sport and life is about losing. It’s about understanding how to lose.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

Failure is an importance part of your growth… Don’t be afraid to fail.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.