Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

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.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

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.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

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

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

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

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.