I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

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

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

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.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

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

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.