A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.
I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.
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.
Aim for the highest.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.
Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.