Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.