If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

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

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

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.

They alone live, who live for others.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Be yourself, let you come through.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

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

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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

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.

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