We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.

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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others; it’s about how it feels to you.

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

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.