Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

When I was still in school, I based a number of assignments on Muhammad Ali. He always has been, and will continue to be, a source of great inspiration to me. Today, I watched a biography on him, not for the first time, and I found myself sitting in awe and smiling at the sheer awesomeness of this man - as if it were the first time I ever encountered his story. This man wasn't just a great boxer, he was a great thinker too - he had a way with words, which to me at least, is unparalleled - though not many people appreciate that. So, I decided to share my favourite Ali quotes with you Pinus Followers. Maybe, you'll find some enjoyment and inspiration from them to pull you through, like I have.

"It's not bragging if you can back it up."

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room on earth."

"It's the repetition of affirmations that lead to belief and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."

"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."

"The man who views the word at 50 the same as he did when he was 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."

"It's hard to be humble when you're this great."

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they're been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible, is nothing."

 "If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it."

"Don't count the days, make the days count."

"The man with no imagination has no wings."

"Inside of a ring or out, aint nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong."

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

"Often, it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the pebble in your shoe."

"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was."

"I figured that if I said it enough I really would convince the world that I really was the greatest."

"We have one life. It will soon pass; what we do for God is all that will last."