I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.

I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.

If everything was perfect you would never learn and you would never grow.

We ain't got nothing without love. That's all we'll have when the world is through Cause, baby, we ain't got nothing without love.

Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.

It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?

A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.

When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.

God has a plan and God is in control of everything

Imperfections make you more beautiful.

On December 9, 1994, Yeltsin issued a statement ordering the Federal army to execute the disarmament of all illegal armed units in Chechnya, or as they were known locally, the government.

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right.

If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are.

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

Writhe and sway to music's pain searing with asides, caress death with a lover's touch for it shall be your bride.

Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once.

All belief begins in the will to believe.