You shape your own destiny.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
One man with courage is a majority.
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.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
You are never too old to become younger!
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
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
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.
