One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

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.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.