The course of true love never did run smooth.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

Love to everybody who is out there progressing and taking things to the next level.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

It’s hard to tell with these Internet startups if they’re really interested in building companies or if they’re just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don’t really want to build a company, they won’t luck into it. That’s because it’s so hard that if you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up.

It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

Writing is challenging work because it’s so easy to get consumed with how it’s going, what’s going to happen to it, who’s going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that’s left for you or to make one of your own.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

‚Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

Only the really plain people know about love – the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

My wife has about everything I can think of.

I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

Success is not a stop sign.

God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don’t have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I’m sure he didn’t call everybody jerks.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

If someone is right for you, you’ll know it.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Hate has no place in the house of God.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

My wife and I are very affectionate.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

A pessimist? That’s a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

Intimates are predestined.

We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.