Nathaniel Emmons

Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.

I gave up the guitar in 1965. Didn’t want to see a guitar. I’d go out and get drunk. When I came out of the heart surgery, the doc said, “Promise me you’ll work hard.” I said, “I thought working hard is what got me here.” He said, “No, working is what will keep you alive.”

If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.

Really good people like me are scared of falling off. I’m totally scared of falling off. Just imagine it. Just imagine if I woke up one day and I was wack. What would I do then?

Fear has two meaning; ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

Make sure the product is worth your energy.

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.

You must go forth into the world, with passion, courage in your conviction, and most importantly be true to yourself. I did it!

I believe it’s important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It’s how we make and keep commitments, how we handle a traffic jam, how we respond to an irate customer or a disobedient child. It’s how we view our problems and where we focus our energies. It’s the language we use.

How about dreaming out loud? How about feeling that something can happen to make the world better and inspire people? Is that OK for one second?