There are two kinds of people in the world: those who come into a room and say "Here I am!" and those who come in and say "Oh there you are."

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Sooner or later everyone behaves badly. Some of us are just better at it than others.

Admire all the stars, but what you really must admire is your very own Sun, the cosmic candle of our beloved Earth!

No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.

I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.

Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.

If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

The most dangerous food a man can eat is wedding cake. Woman like silent men, they think they are listening.

You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years.

We are all cells in the body of humanity - all of us, all over the world. Each one has a contribution to make, and will know from within what this contribution is.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.