Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

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

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

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.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

United we stand; divided we fall.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

One man with courage is a majority.