The desirable elements of life that appear unreachable to the unambitious serve as mere destinations to the determined mind.

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms.

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.

Our bodies are our gardens... our wills are gardeners.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.