To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Never, never, never give up.

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

If you find something you really love, you will never work again.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.