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.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

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

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

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

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.