There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

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

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

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

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.