Every breath you take is a step forward toward death. (Hazrat Ali-As)

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.

Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.

a penny for my thoughts oh no i'll sell em for a dollar their worth so much more after im a goner and then maybe you'll hear the words ive been singing funny when your dead how people start listening

Rejoice in small things and they will continue to grow

Red Carpet Events:Sitting on the couch and watching people who actually chase their goals and dreams

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.

I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can.

For non-state terror actors, the United States must develop the ability, no matter how difficult, to track down and incapacitate those responsible and do it rapidly.

Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces.

We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

If you want the ultimate thrill, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price.

The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history