Past success secures future failure if we continue to bask in its glow for too long

History most grandiose accomplishments can have the most trivial origin

History fondly remembers those who meet expectations but is written by a few who exceed them

Prayer can guarantee anyone's success but never someone's failure

It would be a remarkable life, if we live it in the same manner as we do once we find out we do not have much to live

Wake up call may be a disastrous failure, if it results in a life change, the failure is worth the suffering

Surprise was not when i thanked my parents. Surprise came when they said, "What for"?

A dreamless sleep and a life without ambition are synonymous with death.

Your ambition is the most reliable alarm clock.

All Prophets were leaders, should all leaders be Prophets

Conscience unlike a beard does not grow overnight, you have it or you don't

Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

Awakening Call: You're Not in love if it carries a burden.

We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things.

It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.

There are the two curses of Spain, the bulls and the priests.

Everyone needs time to develop their dreams. An egg in the nest doesn't become a bird overnight.

I've always dreamed of getting to know the women of other countries better. When I was a boy, I remember, I used to get angry at the thought that I did not know German or American or Swedish women.

Once you've raced, you never forget it...and you never get over it.

New skin, a new land! And a land of liberty, if that is possible! I chose the geology of a land that was new to me.

Only talent interests me in paintings and books. Not general ideas, but the individual contribution.