Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

My black hero is and always will be Martin Luther King, not just because of the strength of his oratory but because his vision was very much the reality that I'd come to take for granted.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

I really care about where things are going. I care about what people are feeling and I like to ask the question why.

No I don't get scared when returning kicks or worry about getting hurt. I have been doing this since childhood so I am used to it.

I love hanging out with people who make me forget to look at my phone.

Find the thing that stirs your heart and make room for it

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt

You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't.