I love those who can smile in trouble...

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

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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

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.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

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.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.