I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

The gravitas in a leader is like clarity in diamond.

Who can refute a sneer?

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven't done.

Amazing Love! how can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

I've been a winner my whole life.

Success shouldn't be measured by how much you have but by how much you give back.

Welcome to the Desert of the Real.

Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.

What I enjoy most about performing is making people happy. Just to make a person smile means more to me than anything.