Common will please, but never impress.

Ordinary will please, but never impress.

Getting weak is easy. It's staying strong that makes you.

Not that easy to have tears in your heart but a smile on your lips.

Life is meaningless. It is our actions that add meaning to it.

Live for the present, and the future will be known before it ever happens.

It's hard to catch up when you are running second in a race with time.

If you are reading this, you will get what you want. Believe in yourself and that's inspiration.

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.

I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

If you had only truth, goodness, and harmony on your side, and the complete absence of the other, there would be no creative impulse.

I will cancel job-killing restrictions on the production of American energy, including shale energy and clean coal, creating many millions of high-paying jobs.

Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.

Is that an invitation?” “I suppose it is.” “Good.” Cade’s voice dropped lower, adding one last thing before hanging up. “And tell your friend in the striped shirt that he’s in my seat.

You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.

Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible.