Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

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

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

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.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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

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

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

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