In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

I just have a thing in my brain that when I’m about to do something that’s genuine or authentic, I think of it in song form. I’ll be like, ‚Yo, this is a human emotion that no one talks about.‘

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?

God wants to bless us where we are.

I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

Giving is true having.

Let not a libation of tears be the only offering at the shrine of Jesus; let us also rejoice with joy unspeakable. If we have need to lament our sin, how much more to rejoice at our pardon!

The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

If you like it you should enjoy it! Moderation in everything. If there’s things you really love, you should enjoy. You get one life, so you should enjoy it.

My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, ‚You’re finished. The shoe’s finished.‘

There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

I always use Michael as, first and foremost, a vocal inspiration, and ‚Off the Wall‘ was definitely the one that made me feel like I could sing.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn’t eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.

As you know, I’m an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope for a more new and lively path. I do personalize at times, but this only for the grace and elan of the dance.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Cast away your sloth, your lethargy, your coldness, or whatever interferes with your chaste and pure love for Christ, your soul’s husband. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all your soul’s range of delight.

‚Thank you‘ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.