A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
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Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet - it was a marriage of convenience!
Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.