Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.
The man with no imagination has no wings.
No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
What does not destroy me, makes me strong.
Be happy, but never satisfied.
Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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.
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
