He who whets his steel, whets his courage.

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.

The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we're stuck with it.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity.

When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own.

I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!

It is your birthright to discover your sacred contract. It will guide you to find your divine destiny.

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

People will urge you to go to school. They’ll tell you an American education is useful. That is not true. That is 80’s. You are here to hustle.

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away.

Every little movement has a meaning of its own.