Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

There is no greater sensation of consciousness than to expend yourself completely through the quickening fires of passion.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

I thought there were too many songs about people's personal lives.

For man's greatest crime is to have been born.

If the music does not penetrate the heart, the soul, the mind, and the body... Then you ain't gon' feel it.

The big thing about writing is three commands: Have fun. Don't think. Don't care.

“In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” “How do you win?” he asked. “That,” I said, “is such a boy question.

So I'm all of love that could make it today.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.

There's nothing, absolutely nothing, more important than your life. And your life isn't more important than other people's lives.