The more music I listen to, the more I learn and grow.
Art is a reflection of your inner self.
I don’t follow trends, I follow my heart.
In the world of music, there’s always room for creativity.
Singing is not just about voice, it’s about emotion and soul.
To be able to inspire others is the best feeling in the world.
I don’t want to be a trend. I want to be timeless.
Success doesn’t come easy. It’s about persistence and belief.
I believe in melody more than in lyrics.
Music is divine, music is love. If you love music, then music will love you back.
Kindness is like snow—it beautifies everything it covers.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Do not say, ‘I have found the truth,’ but rather, ‘I have found a truth.
The earth is like a child that knows not its mother.
Work is love made visible.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest.
E’en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E’en in our ashes live their wonted fires.
England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear And reign the sovereign of the conquered air.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort’ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best!
Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray; Along the cool sequester’d vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
The time will come, when thou shalt lift thine eyes To watch a long-drawn battle in the skies. While aged peasants, too amazed for words, Stare at the flying fleets of wondrous birds.
The essence of all beauty is simplicity.
We do not truly know anything; we only have our opinions.
Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
The greatest art is to sit still, for the world is already full of movement.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
What others call teaching, I call a series of questions.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
The idea of adventure is what drives me as a filmmaker.
You learn more from your failures than you do from your successes.
The greatest challenge in filmmaking is getting people to understand your vision.
The characters in my films always reflect human vulnerability.
What I’ve learned is that technology is nothing if you don’t have an emotional connection to what you’re doing.
We’re not creating a movie; we’re creating an experience.
Movies are like an ocean. They’re a mass of water, and you have to navigate through it with a good script and a great cast.
Every movie I make, I learn something.
The challenge is to make something that has never been done before, and to do it in a way that feels authentic.
There’s a very fine line between clever and stupid.
Film is about taking the audience to a place they’ve never been before, and showing them something they’ve never seen.
The most personal thing you can do is to make something that is based on your own experience.
I love technology and I love the idea of creating things that seem impossible.
I never viewed myself as a filmmaker, I was a storyteller.
You don't make movies for yourself. You make movies for the audience.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Be kind to yourself; you’re a work in progress.
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
There is a spiritual solution to every problem.
It’s never crowded along the extra mile.
The law of attraction is this: You don't attract what you want. You attract what you are.
Don’t die with your music still in you.
Our lives are a reflection of the thoughts we think.
Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.
You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
The real challenge is not fighting the war, but securing the peace afterward.
Leadership is about doing what’s right, not what’s easy.
Success in war comes from hard work and perseverance.
In the world of war, there’s no such thing as a perfect plan.
Leadership is about inspiring others to do their best.
Our job is not to win the peace, it’s to win the war.
The key to success is being flexible.
Our military must be as agile and adaptable as our enemies.
The cost of freedom is high, but the cost of not being free is higher.
Terrorists are determined to kill us, and we have to stop them.
You have to be ready for the unexpected.
We need to stay ahead of the curve.
Sometimes you have to make tough choices.
We’re going to find weapons of mass destruction. We will find them.
It’s a process, not an event.
We are not facing the kind of threats that we faced in the Cold War.
We must be very cautious in how we use military force. We want to use it as a last resort.
Freedom’s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.
We have to be able to defend the United States of America. It is our job.
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
Theatre is where we explore the full range of human emotions.
Authenticity is the key to living a meaningful life. Be true to yourself.
Writing is a kind of moral act.
Art is never about something, it’s about something happening in a moment.
The greatest danger of theatre is to present life as it is, without questioning it.
Theater is about connection, human connection.
Politics is personal; personal is political.
One of the best ways to know people is to observe them in times of crisis.
The best theatre is the one that forces you to question your assumptions.
Love is a choice, not just a feeling. It requires commitment and effort.
A good play is a good play because it doesn’t let us off the hook.
I think that the best work comes when you stop worrying about being clever.
Success is not measured by wealth or fame, but by the difference you make in other people's lives.
The most important things in life are not things. They are experiences, relationships, and love.