Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

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.

One of the biggest mistakes one could make in life is to desperately force someone to love oneself. Without a doubt, its longevity would have the same fate as hoping to live on earth forever.

I always thank God for the gift of a new day, because despite the fact that I strategically prepare for the future, it is still only God that can make it possible for me to witness tomorrow.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

That old bald cheater, Time.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now

[Believers] have joy and comfort-that joy that angels cannot give, and devils cannot take.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

All experiences come and go. What witnesses experiencing itself?

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me.