“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

I can resist everything except temptation.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.