Never speak unless you can improve upon the stupidness of people's silence.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

Thank God for all my troubles, he made me trust in Him.

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure.

To endow clock time with numinous meaning [is] hardly a fit occupation for an intelligent person.

I am the slave of an internal power more powerful than my education.

The youth are hurt. Our majority are youth, under 30. They have no hope. They don't get jobs.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! O drooping souls, whose destinies Are fraught with fear and pain, Ye shall be loved again.

I was 19 when I recorded my first album, and I've been exposed to many things during these last few years; all the baby fat is gone.

I use game theory to help myself understand conflict situations and opportunities.