Dogs bark at a person whom they do not know.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

Scoundrels will be corrupt and unconcerned citizens apathetic under even the best constitution.

When you focus on diligence and hard work miracle will come to you

Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.

I’m not young anymore. I don’t wanna start over again.

You can shuffle my deck any day!

The goal of prayer is the ear of God.

Then I saw you through myself and found we were identical.

Everybody has a direct view of the person "behind" the art, so there is going to be a certain amount of awareness of who is making songs. But I like paintings where you can see the brush-strokes.

It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens.

I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that's just because I love these characters. I love the setting.