Seize time by the forelock.

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.

You should know which opportunities to choose.

The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.

Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.

That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.

Life is but a fine wine to be sipped and favored.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.

Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger.

What’s gotten into you?” he wondered, blinking in sudden frustration.“Not you, that’s for a certainty.

In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.

you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity... But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus rather than widen our view.

Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I'll do that for the rest of my life.

They say you're nobody til somebody kills you But where I'm from you're nobody til you kill somebody

Artists now decline to go to bed with beauty, fearing they'll wake up with kitsch.

I like the word bewilderment because it has both be and wild in it.

Wars are begun by frightened men.