“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.”

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.

After you get what you want you don’t want it.

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

When I’m worried and I can’t sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines.

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Heaven… I’m in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.

The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

All alone by the telephone.

Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work.

You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far.

The noise doesn’t go away, but the most successful people I know have figured out how to live with it, to lean on the people who believe in them, and to push onward with their goals.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

You have to maintain a sense of unity – a good atmosphere where everyone feels happy is one of the keys to success, and that’s something you shouldn’t lose.

You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.