Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
It's always too early to quit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Wherever you are - be all there.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.