If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!

If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

I was wrong to grow older. Pity. I was so happy as a child.

For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites.