There's no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

A man who refuses light will remain in the darkness even by the side of light!

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

If you want to do something that's going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy.

I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.

I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.