I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

When you find the one, when you share the spark of kismet, then it becomes inconceivable to walk through life with anyone else.

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That's easy: 100 per cent.

I feel far more connected to the whole band if I can somehow physically respond... with my body.

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.

The better you are at communicating, negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.

Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.

My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.