A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

You dare travel on the own sacred road.

I think you're something wonderful.

Breaking rules is indeed an important part of creativity. Innovation needs a level of guidance.

Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death.

One should do what one is best at on as large a scale as possible.

Alas, alas, that ever love was sin! I ever followed natural inclination Under the power of my constellation And was unable to deny, in truth, My chamber of Venus to a likely youth.

When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there.

Like bookends, we have learned to support each other when the stuff in the middle pushes us apart.

In college you have the license to do things you'll never do again, so have fun with it.