I am the captain of my soul.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Freedom and independence form my character.

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.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.

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

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

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

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.