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.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

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.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

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

I am the captain of my soul.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

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

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.