You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

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

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

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.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.