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.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

I am the lizard king. I can do anything.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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

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

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.