History fondly remembers those who meet expectations but is written by a few who exceed them

History most grandiose accomplishments can have the most trivial origin

Prayer can guarantee anyone's success but never someone's failure

It would be a remarkable life, if we live it in the same manner as we do once we find out we do not have much to live

Past success secures future failure if we continue to bask in its glow for too long

Wake up call may be a disastrous failure, if it results in a life change, the failure is worth the suffering

Surprise was not when i thanked my parents. Surprise came when they said, "What for"?

A dreamless sleep and a life without ambition are synonymous with death.

Your ambition is the most reliable alarm clock.

All Prophets were leaders, should all leaders be Prophets

Conscience unlike a beard does not grow overnight, you have it or you don't

Some things are too good to be true and truly are good and true.

Use your natural powers - of persistence, concentration, and insight - to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems, make art, and think deeply

I, too, shall seek honor. But I shall seek it where I know it will be found.

The mirror had no power. The mirror was just a piece of silvered glass

In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.

I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be over could be part of a bigger one.

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.