Yanni Quotes

That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.

All I had to do was do it.

You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.

I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.

Endurance is mind over matter.

My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.

These changes are part of what keeps me interested and excited. Life won't let me keep coming at it from the same angle.

The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be.

I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

I don't have a "you can't do this" voice in my head.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.

I remember a few years ago I was watching this astronaut from the space shuttle, talking about his experiences in space and talking about what earth looked like to him from above.