Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

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

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

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

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.

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

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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