All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful," says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Where there is a will there is a way.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

I think that is just about as dishonest as a person giving a bad interview. I despise people like that; they don't get two tries. It's all just sensation. It is always bullshit.

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

I have done interviews in the past, and they cut everything out except for the outrageous line, and then they take it out of context.

He [Randy Rhoads] was really a good guy. I never could get over how incredibly little he was.