Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

There is always room at the top.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

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.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

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.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.