I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.