Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

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

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm 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.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

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

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

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 man with no imagination has no wings.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.