Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

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.

Life gives you what you expect, what you are prepared to put up with or can change.

Like all great readers, he could create for himself a "wall of stillness".

The kitchen is a sacred space.

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

How do you know when an apology is true—when it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?

We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

Longing alone is singer to the lute.

Every shot should be a knockout shot.

For every promise, there is a price to pay... If the promise is clear, the price is easy.

When I miss you, sometimes I listen to music or look at pictures of you, not to remind me of you but to make me feel as if I'm with you. It makes me forget the distance and capture you.