You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

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.

The best way out is always through.

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.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

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.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

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

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

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

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

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

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

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.