Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

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.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

United we stand; divided we fall.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

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

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

We're lost, but we're making good time

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.