The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

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

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

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

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

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

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

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

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.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.