A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"

There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall & Oates,' this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked.

Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands—you are the single biggest influence in your life.

For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.

The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

I want my music to be a contribution, and I want the people who love me on Earth and in Heaven to be proud of who I am, and I want to be proud of myself, and I don't want to look back and say, 'Oh God, why did I say that?'

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.

We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need.

We can make a strong unconditional commitment to ourselves to take care of our deepest needs, no matter what other people do or don't do.