The nearer she came to death, the more, by some perversity of nature, did she enjoy living.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Calling for change and being part of making change are two very different things. Stop calling for change and be a part of making the change you want to see.

A friend once said his father use to say "I don't want to be a millionaire I just want to live like one" if we could all be so lucky.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.

Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.

Your richest veins don't lie nearest the surface.

It's February the 22ndAnd I can't tell a lie.

It takes 3 weeks to break a habit, 6 weeks to develop a new habit and 36 weeks to hardwire this new habit.

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.

Cortez looked like someone newly in love, the way only twenty-four-year-olds can look.