When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

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.

Maybe I should love someone mundane and let them bore me to death.

Of all the places I have been, your mind is the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

Keep a logical but open mind. What one may pass off as a psychological dysfunction could be a burst of imagination at its finest.

Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.

This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.

Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.

I'm like a slow starter. Everything I've done has built, or has taken a while.

You know, violence, I think, knocks on everyone's door.

Music is the language of heaven.

Telling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia.