There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.

Stand on the stage in front of 15 people or 15,000. Have them look up to you and tell you how wonderful you are, and if you don't think that's a great feeling, okay, then you're unlike me.

A man can never have too many pairs of sunglasses or too many guitars.

Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.

Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

I just want to thank everyone for their support. Sometimes friends need the help of their friends to get by.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.

Always be a blessing to others

Unfortunately for humanity, God is patient enough to actually enjoy watching the grass grow.

There is nothing so inspiring to a woman as seeing love in a man's eyes when he looks at her.

I'd rather let the world down than to allow the world to let me down.

It is not easy to tear any event out of the context of the universe in which it occurred without detaching from it some factor that influenced it.

Men live best on moderate means: Nature has dispensed to all men wherewithal to be happy, if mankind did but understand how to use her gifts.

I'd rather be respected than loved.

The fact remains that most of us are anesthetized to the true cost and true value of long term care insurance.

If someone states that Ajax played a negative game then maybe we are smarter than Manchester City.

A man can please his wife with a box of candy, surprise her with a bouquet of flowers, and make her suspicious with a gold bracelet.