“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

“Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.”

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.”

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

“If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”