Charlie Byrd

The guitar chose me.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Power begins with having a crystal-clear view of reality and what each and every person in your life is driven by.

I know nothing and my heart aches.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind.

To me, you’ll always be the rising suns, the sinking moons, and all the stars that come between the sound of rain and river stones, the warmth of my sheets, the ache in my bones.

What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.