Twere sin to stain fair Venus' courts with blood

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

I cannot change the people around me, but I can change what kind of people are around me.

What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?

You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That's magical. He's done a great thing.

I don't do fashion, I'm fashion

The cops drive by to do some more good deeds A young black male spits a sunflower seed in the air.

Be fearless, be brave, be bold, love yourself

Captive people have a need for song.

They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.

Men don't respond to words. What they respond to is "no contact".

There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.