Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

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.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

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.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.