I had no bad moment in my relationship with Dortmund. Not one second.

I don’t have a type. I don’t have a specific kind of human being. It’s just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I’ve ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That’s what inspired the ‚Off to the Races‘ melodies. That’s one of the times when you’re feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

I’m pretty sure I don’t have any songs that are about how much I love someone. They’re all either about, like, ‚I hate you,‘ or ‚You make me hate me.‘

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

I make friends faster and easier than journalists.

To be social is to be forgiving.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

I still think I am the greatest.

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

I don’t want to say anything negative about anybody or anything or anybody’s political beliefs. I’ve never done that. I’ve never tried to get involved in those things.

I make decisions all day, so it’s nice for a woman like me to go to dinner and have the man take the menu and say, ‚Let me order.‘ Other women would be offended by that, but I’m like, ‚Good. Because I can’t make one more decision today.‘ I want someone to rub my feet without being asked.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God’s great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

They do not love that do not show their love.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

When people say ‚marriage‘ to me… It’s always a means to an end. Everyone’s so in a rush to define the relationship.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

My mother did not like children.

If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‚Why the hell not?‘

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

I think there are things that are based in your own dealings with someone that is a personal dealing, not a public dealing. Because you have personal experiences.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.

A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Our vision and commitment is towards the country’s progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.