I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.

The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible,

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing....

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.