The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.

Years teach us more than books.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it's the little facts that make us.

I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting closer and closer to an artist performance.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

You do have great love within you at this very moment.

He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it.

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.

I'm sometimes described as a flamboyant leader and a hip-shooter, a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants operator. But if that were true, I could never have been successful in this business.

I guess that's what Little League is all about -- trying.

The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.

Whatever impresses you attracts you. Whatever you pursue becomes your purpose.