You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

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

I am the lizard king. I can do anything.

How long should you try? Until.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

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

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

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

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

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

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

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

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.