My first world title gave me the confidence to go and do bigger and better things.
My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home.
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown
A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.
Every man is a potential genius until he does something.
The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose, to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties that endanger free society and are still among the greatest threats to our liberty.
Let their music skill speak for [itself]. If they are producing good tracks and are resonating with their fans, or even gaining new fans, then that's great.
We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all - are encountering extraordinary challenges,. . . But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges.