The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Education is what they equip you with

I think Democrats are complacent. They think that Russia is going to save us. Bob Mueller is going to come in with a report.

I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

I find when I'm touring or when I'm traveling, I just enter this other world kind of. It's much easier for me to be creative and be unselfconscious about creating when I'm home.

You could travel the world, but nothing comes close to the golden coast. Once you party with us, you'll be falling in love, Oooooh Oh Oooooh!

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

I wanted the songs to be themselves, instead of worrying about all this crazy slickster production.

He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.