All thinking men are atheists.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Freedom and independence form my character.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

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.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.