You can still function as a living ruin.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

It was happening. At least in that little section of the salon, women were connecting and doing what women knew how to do, show compassion, nurturing—helping someone fit in.

Every affair is a fairy tale or a tragedy.

I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about.

All things are possible to one who believes.

I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy

I'm having fun and I'm not even trying to do much. Everything is coming together.

Opportunity does not always knock twice. You have to make some of your own opportunities and you have to go in and grab those.

It is just as much an offense to take offense as it is to give offense.

The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.