Freedom and independence form my character.

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

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

What I stand for is what I stand on.

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

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

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

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

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

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.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.