The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don’t want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you’ve got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what’s gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that’s in the industry has lost their edge.

Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work… men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

If I’m gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That’s how it works.

Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.

I like money, but it’s never been about the money.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let’s face it – we all would like to be happy.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It’s very irritating if you have a lot of money. You’d like to think you could write a check: ‚I’ll buy a million dollars‘ worth of love.‘ But it doesn’t work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

At 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.