“Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.”

“Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does.”

“The questions you don't ask are just as important as you do. The questions you ask show what you understand, and ones you don't show what you know.”

“Words are free, action is not.”

“The energy of youth with the experience of age is a lethal combination.”

“Live in the present. It won't last too long.”

“The energy of youth with the experience of age is a lethal combination.”

“The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.”

“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

“All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard.”

“Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries.”

“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”