"People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay."

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

"When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next."

"Patience is a virtue because every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself."

"It is a steadfast truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence."