Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

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.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

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

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

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

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul

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