I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.
All mankind… being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
Music is the soundtrack of your life.
Man’s love is of man’s life a part; it is a woman’s whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love – and to put its trust in life.
Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. ‘Black Rain’ was very much about choices. The message – we are what we chose to be.
If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
Whatever life throws at me I’ll take it and be grateful for it as well.
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
There are no regrets in life, just lessons.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
