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.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Ideas come from everything

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

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

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

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.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Freedom and independence form my character.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

What I stand for is what I stand on.