It's not records I chase, it's self-improvement. And that cannot be done by taking it easy.

It's when the discomfort strikes that they realize a strong mind is the most powerful weapon of all.

There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an Ironman

Hard work and an open mind - it's the only way to realize the potential that is inside every one of us.

Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.

We all have talents that, sometimes, we never quite fulfill. We're all scared, deep down, but maybe we just need to lay it on the line and explore our abilities and just not be afraid of failing.

If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.

No one should ever be afraid of failing; it's being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.

Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.

Never, ever give up. And smile

Pick your battles, and accept yourself for who you are.

A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.

He was driven to use the prerogatives of his profession, to act the parson.

This might be the most important question for every creator and maker in the world: how do you make something new if most people just like what they know? Is it possible to surprise with familiarity?

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

The single greatest gift you could ever give the world is to be exactly who you are.

You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.

When information rubs against information the results are startling and effective. The perrenial quest for involvement, fill-in, takes many forms.

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.