If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

Until you make a destiny defining decision, you can't move from where you are to the rightful place you should be.

If our hearts are at war, we would not be able to experience Heaven in our hearts

The only way I'm interested in having a baby is the old-fashioned way.

I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I wrote, produced and directed it, but I wasn't in it.

Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark.

Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

I am comfortable at the height where destiny has put me.