The unexamined life is not worth living.

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.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.