Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

We must live as people with great hope.

They were all becoming brothers, in the manner he had seen before: facing death together was the greatest of levelers.

If the devil cannot get you by SIN, he will seek to get you by IGNORANCE.

Revenge! The stupidest motive on earth, just an attempt to change history.

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility.

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.

There's not a lot of people expressing anger in the culture. They're expressing a lot of hyper-exaggerated sexuality.

The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which no apprehensions are entertained.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

The essential doesn't change.