Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

O, had I but followed the arts!

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

What I’ve discovered is that in art, as in music, there’s a lot of truth-and then there’s a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It’s the moment that the audience falls in love.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

I went to see ‚Phantom of the Opera‘ with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music… Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time – the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries – the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

I’ve been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

A good model of how to ‚work with the enemy‘ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

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.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

If there’s not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.

Where love is, there God is also.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

My whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let’s unify; let’s show more love.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

I want people to draw strength from me.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

I couldn’t have written things like ‚Low‘ and ‚Heroes,‘ those particular albums, if it hadn’t have been for Berlin and the kind of atmosphere I felt there.

Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can’t become athletes. We’re watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.

It usually helps me write by reading – somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl, and I’m five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no matter your gender. It’s your world, too!