Hope is one of the principal springs that keep mankind in motion.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

I've never felt that anger is a very powerful emotion.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

It's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left.

I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

I changed jobs like I changed shirts. It was something I just like to do - I like trying my hand at everything.

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to it, and I thought that was pretty disgusting!

Life is multi-layered and there's no way I could do my life justice in one pat answer.

If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better than including everything in the universe that's potentially available.

Most changes in music, most exciting things that happen in music, occur through a miscommunication between people "I thought you said this." Poetry comes out of that too.