Charlie Parker

"Don't be afraid to make mistakes."

"The goal is to become one with the music."

"Every moment is an opportunity to create something beautiful."

"Challenges are what make life interesting."

"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right."

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."

"Play it cool and dig all jive."

"Bird lives."

"The rhythm is gonna getcha."

"It's not about the technical ability, it's about the heart."