Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

Excuses cost you more than they buy you.

What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow.

There’s no question that Laura – in more than one way, for many reasons – danced with the devil and paid a terrible price.

The darker the walls,the brighter the sky outside.

I do my very best to avoid shark fin.

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

My swag is off the charts.

Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.