I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

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.

When comfort and ease and pleasure are put ahead of duty and conviction, progress is always set back.

Dogs laugh but they laugh with their tails.

A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light .

Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes.

Wrong is for other people.

Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.

Whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism.

There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level ofmuscular stimulation and growththan the correctly performed full squat.

Be patient with all that is uncertain in your heart...do not search for answers, which will not be given: you will not be able to live them, and its importat to live everything.

God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.