A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in.

As far as we could tell, the face of the revolution was a sea of embroidering women, patiently waiting the resignation of their repressive governor.

How do you live a long life? "Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast."

Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken instead to the angel on your shoulder.

To feel. To trust the feeling. I long for that

Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not truly hate the fruit who delights in the root.

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

Do one thing every day you don't want to do.

The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into my studio to work on music.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.