Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.

People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for.

Other blokes might take advantage, but to Tom, the idea of honor was a kind of antidote to some of the things he'd lived through.

In general, you don't want to move your kids when they're teenagers. They're not going to be happy with you.

My mother isn't crazy. She simply has a harder time than most reconciling her reality with everyone else's reality.

People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. I don't know, I don't listen to the radio

Sell your soul to yourself. You'll make more money.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

It would be impossible for me to give you a list of the top 10 songs that shake my life. Far more music went in to it than just ten.

What's good about talking about being victimized is that it is the beginning of being able to stop it.