To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.