“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.”

“Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.”

“Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.”

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.”

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.”

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

“After a storm comes a calm.”

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”

“Never complain and never explain.”

“If you've got a talent, protect it.”

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

“Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?”