Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

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

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

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.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

All thinking men are atheists.

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.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.