They wanted me to be a Washington.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

To perceive is to suffer.

Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.

The Cycle of True Love: First I see and think I love, then I say I know I love, today and forever more I decide to love.

I asked him: Why didn’t you just tell me? He said: ‘If I tell you, you’ll just forget at some critical point. If you figure it out for yourself, you’ll always remember.

I try to find out what the guy's strengths and weaknesses are. Like in boxing, I'd be a counter-puncher. Whatever he does well, I try to take advantage of what he doesn't do well.

No amount of effort could have stopped that, because our points of view - the way we perceive things - are inextricably linked to our beliefs, ... ,our beliefs color what we see.

One's own surroundings means so much to one, when one is feeling miserable.

I'm single again and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm loving it at the moment. This is what I've been missing.

I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.

You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them, not even for a single hour.