Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

He that dies pays all debts.

Reading is another thing that has made me more human by exposing me to worlds I might never have entered and people I might never meet.

The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies.

The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all worry, and anxiety flee before him.

Do as little as necessary to appear to be doing something without actually committing to a cause or course of action.

While the past is the past, it often affects our decisions later on in life.

I support Selfies! I think the war on selfies is really unjust!

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.