The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.
I am not young enough to know everything.
Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation
By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Any place I hang my head is home.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
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.
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.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
