I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
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.
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.
I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.
We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.