People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

You shape your own destiny.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Be yourself, let you come through.

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

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

The best way out is always through.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

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.

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

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.