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

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

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

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

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

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

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.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.