Eubie Blake

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

I don’t have any bad habbits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they’re all right for me.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind.

Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.

I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within – in front of the sea.

If you believe, you will. If you don’t, you won’t.

I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

When you want nothing from anyone else, you’re safe for anyone to be with. Including yourself.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

Life is not a success-only journey. You are going to get beat up along the way. And you’ve got to have the strength of character to get up and get back in the game.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and all achievement.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, young and old shared just a little of what he is good at doing.

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Life is a marathon, it’s not a sprint.