When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Insanity can inhibit a person from thinking consciously about his or her thoughts and actions that can result him or her to perform dangerous acts without realizing at all.

After another long silence, bit by bit, realisation dawned upon Edmund and he became even paler than Hecate herself which was, in itself, a fantastic achievement. Adele Rose, Awakening.

On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man.

Form does not necessarily follow function

A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

Bosses push, Leaders pull. Real leadership is servant leadership.

Most extraordinary success includes first having to overcome extraordinary adversity. See your challenges as opportunities to become better.

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

As a world leader who refused to accept injustice, Nelson Mandela's courage helped change our entire world

When you’re truly connecting with wisdom, the more you learn, the more you realize the less you know.