Believe you can and you're halfway there.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.