Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.

You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.

Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize.

If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it, therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.

The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means.

Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever.

But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again; The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!

Family over friends, because real friends are family

What once were two, are one

All things are delicately interconnected.

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it.

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.