Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away:Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.

Being a woman, I tried, I cared, I loved and blamed in return.

They're gone. I let them chase me. I led them like a sunbeam and vanished like a shadow.

Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement.

The test of happiness is gratitude.

Everybody is called to become a saint. Not everybody's gonna be canonized by the Church...The only thing about being canonized is you're already dead so you don't even get to go to the party.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously

It is a luxury to be understood.

The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?