To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

Prosperity makes few friends.

Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.

Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

The ultimate aim of assimilating knowledge is to create new ideas or gain wisdom.

If you want to change something, whether in a relationship, work, or anywhere, identify and focus on the few most important bits, and don't throw in extras to mess it up.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas.

Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are only very exceptionally found among artists.

Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.

I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky.

Despite the economic disaster that is Russia, there are still air shows taking place in the country.

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

At least he's alive and well. I love him enough that I want that. I want him to have what's best for him." She sighed. "I just don't want to stick around to watch.