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

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

One man with courage is a majority.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

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

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Above all things, respect yourself.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

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.