How soon will time cover all things.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Art is not a gift which a few people are given, but rather it is a gift which most people throw away.

No one is ever lost. No one needs to be saved. Open your inner eyes and see it all existing in harmony and love.

In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time.

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.

The way I see it there are two types of people. Those stupid enough to get ripped off by people selling ringtones and those sensible enough to set up ringtone selling services.

Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.

She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.

Friendship means to be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need.

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.