Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

every time this happensI see my fathermy brothermy would be sonI see myselfstop killing us

So what if he is not part of my present but he is in my future, I know. And everyday I'm going a step closer to my future, to him.

The way he’s watching me makes me feel needed like no one’s ever been able to make me feel. In a way, he makes me feel necessary. Like my existence alone is necessary for his survival.

The more you understand who you are the less chance your enemies have to bring you down

You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.

If you fully awaken, you will not know yourself. Understand this, and you will understand all.

I never really worried about stats in the minor leagues. I was more concerned with getting better and bringing a positive attitude every day.

Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

To live in the moment and in the future at the same time would seem to me to be the trick.