You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

He who wants to go to moksha (Final Liberation), he will have to realize his own self. Otherwise no matter how much of anything else he does, he will not attain moksha (liberation).

I write not for the sake of glory. Not for the sake of fame. Not of the sake of success. But for the sake of my soul.

I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed so it didn't go up my nose. In fact, it may have been icing sugar.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

Pouring out ideas is better for creativity than doling them out by the teaspoon.

The hurdles have taught me that if you work really, really hard at perfecting the little things in your life, the big picture will come together.

Bless me or not, Lord, just as You please, for I'll not beg.

My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.

If I had my own world I'd build you an empire from here to the far lands to spread love like violence!