France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.

Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.

Never is a woman so fulfilled as when she chooses to underwhelm her schedule so she can let God overwhelm her soul.

Metabolism is oxygen. And oxygen comes from breathing.

The idea of empowering people and that moment when someone sees what they are capable of is just incredible to me.

The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.

The same mistakes can never be repeated.

I admired a tremendous number of photographers, but for some reason I arrived at a point of view of my own.