When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.