Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.