There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

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

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

You are never too old to become younger!

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

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

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

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

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

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.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

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.