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.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

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.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

All wealth is the product of labor.

You shape your own destiny.

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

Listen to many, speak to a few.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.