Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.

This is an exciting world. It is cram packed with opportunity. Great moments await around every corner.

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

Great moments await around every corner.

You make up your mind before you start that sacrifice is part of the package.

Exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It is cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.

Love is a kind of insanity.

Cheers went up around the decks as the Dolphins oars began to move as one in and out shifting and cutting away at the sea beneath, SICANIA RISING

A crafter's vision never completely survives the journey from mind to reality.

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.

There was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton Berle was on.

Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies.

I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past.

The novelist can't successfully depict such horrifying reality. But she can, and must, try, to bear witness. There are many ways of doing this; the mode I prefer is indirect.

I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.