The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

True friendship is the hardest thing to break...

Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.

I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

Some girls love to go to the airport and have 50 paparazzi on them. I go to the airport and have a mental breakdown.

We're not troubled at all, but I think...Well, we're Scandinavians! We're Vikings and we have a lot of blackness in our souls.

It's important to excite the imagination of a woman.

The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail.

If you act like an adult when you're a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.