The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

If you think about it for a moment, destiny is not a synonym of circumstance.

Be faithful to your love and you mill be recompensed beyond measure.

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.

No one fails alone and no one succeeds alone.

San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans

Follow your own path, no matter what people say.

I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.