“Never follow somebody else's path it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.”

“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”

“You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work and you have so much beautiful work to do. The world needs it, and you must give it!”

“To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.”

“I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.”

“Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.”

“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.”

“I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself you want to try even harder to make it work.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”