I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Aim for the highest.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

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.

All wealth is the product of labor.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.