It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

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

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

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

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.

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

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

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.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.