Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Fiction is risky for writers also in that the process of making certain books, of shaping certain narratives, leaves scars and marks on your inner life.

You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they're ready to get it.

Now I have to do a lot more work. I have to train more and do a lot more, you know, work on my body and take care of the little things in order to feel great for my body to be in good shape.

As soon as you start focusing on the negative you're dead.

My education began in theater school, and it continues to this day. I just continued learning to be a better performer.

For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting.

You have to picturize, prayerize and actualize.

My wife can't cook at all. She made chocolate mousse. An antler got stuck in my throat.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.