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 can accept losing, you can't win.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

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

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

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

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.