"I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing."

“It is very important as a human being to be able to laugh at yourself and circumstances and particularly as a Christian. We have to know that good times don't last always and bad times don't last always.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.”

“The euro is a failed currency, a wrong currency, a failed experiment.”

“Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.”

Source : Orison Swett Marden (2015). “ORISON SWETT MARDEN Premium Collection - Wisdom & Empowerment Series (18 Books in One Volume): Steps to Success and Power, How to Get What You Want, An Iron Will, Be Good to Yourself, Every Man A King, Keeping Fit, Prosperity – How to Attract It, Stepping-Stones To Fame And Fortune...”, p.2404, e-artnow

“The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.”

“We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as returning to the old African culture, it's unnecessary and it's not advantageous in many respects. We believe that culture itself will not liberate us. We're going to need some stronger stuff.”

“Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.”

Source : See Thomas Carlyle 19; Edison 2; Jane Ellice Hopkins 1

“The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually.”

Source : Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.16, Nicholas Brealey Publishing