Because of a great love, one is courageous.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it’s time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

We love things we love what they are.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

Love always ends differently and it always begins differently – especially with me.

I think that it’s okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn’t about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

I think ‚The Color Purple‘ is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren’t proud of what you’re doing, why should anybody else be?

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women… no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.

Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o‘ the flatterer.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

True friends stab you in the front.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.