Be yourself, let you come through.

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

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

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

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.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

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.

Everything you can imagine is real.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.