A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does NOT triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

It was the calm before the storm, and holy crap, my bones knew it was going to be the storm of my life.

Some people feed you with love.

Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.

Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.

History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.

Think more about who you are and less about what you do, for if you are just, your ways will be just.

Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

I think I had to see how bad it could really be to want to live again.

The difference between gossip and philosophy lies only in one's way of taking a fact.

I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour or half a year. ... The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.