It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

When you submit yourself to God and obey Him, you allow Him to do what He desires in your life. You make it possible for Him to lead you wherever He wants to use you.

You can never rightly judge another person's life because as a person, you only know the truth, with certainty, of your own experiences.

You are only responsible for the effort, not the outcome.

When we overemphasise miracles we underplay kingdom principles.

Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

When a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, you shouldn't change the rules, you should change the nominee.

In abortion, the person who is massacred, physically and morally, is the woman.

All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.

I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin.

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.