Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.

A lot of good things don't get made because of too much thinking.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

The best advice I ever got when I was starting out: Never give up. And I never did.

We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success.

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.