Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

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

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

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

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

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

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

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back 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.

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

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

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

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.