You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

I have been consistent by staying true to who I am and will continue to sing the type of songs that those who have continued to support my career expect from me.

I'm not beautiful; I clean up nice.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

I generally don't regret decisions that have poor outcomes for me because that's the best way you can learn.

It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?