There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.

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.

There is something so attractive about a man who is able to laugh shamelessly.

Beggars do not envy millionaires though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

...for the truth is always older than all the opinions men have held regarding it; and one should be ignoring the nature of truth if we imagined that the truth began at the time it came to be known.

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

An oath-the strongest of religious ties.

I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me - yet I sometimes long for it.

Believers who have formulated such proofs [for God's existence] ... would never have come to believe as a result of such proofs