The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

To be is to do.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'White Christmas' - those kind of movies.

I dislike math, yet I respect and appreciate the fact that math is the language of the universe.

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

I don't care about money or fame or anything like that, but it would be a perk.

In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do.

The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work.

I hope to be a producer, a musician, a painter, a photographer - I'm going to push myself to do as many things as I can and see where it goes.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Love is a great beautifier.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.

Ultimately, it's a sense of camaraderie and friendship with local people that is core to my journeys.

Reflective of the deep sense of gratitude and respect Mongolians reserved for wolves, there was a belief that only through wolves could the spirit of a deceased human be set free to go to Heaven.