People's blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is a commitment.

I was letting people dictate who should be my friends. I felt like I couldn't be friends with Madonna. And so I dissed her, even though she showed me nothing but love. I felt bad because when I went to jail, I called her and she was the only person that was willing to help me.

There is no greater power in heaven or on earth than the commitment to a dream.

If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.

When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog.