“To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.”

Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.

Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.

You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Learning is a constant process of discovery – a process without end.

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

Your state of mind is everything.

Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict.

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again. Only this time, more wisely.

The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly!

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

When you feel like you’ve reached your limit, it’s only the beginning.

Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.