The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.

What I actually want to call you is a hell of a lot more unprintable than your name

The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause.

They did not ask my permission for their mediocrity, why should I ask theirs for excellence?

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

Learn to see, and then you'll know that there is no end to the new worlds of our vision.

Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.

Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!

If you say to yourself 'It's difficult to get up in the morning', 'It's hard to cease smoking', then you are already using hypnotic suggestions on yourself

Tone has the living soul.