And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

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.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

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.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are