Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

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

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

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.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

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

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

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.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

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

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.