"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."

"It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born."

"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them."

"Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction."

"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action."

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity."

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."

"Do not turn back when you are just at the goal."

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."

"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus."