Don Henley Quotes

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.

There are people in your life who've come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside.

We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds in the name of destiny and in the name of God.

The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.

What the head makes cloudy the heart makes clear

No one in this country need go hungry, and alleviating the problem is primarily a matter of readjusting our priorities. In both the government and the private sector, self-interest has displaced the ideal of community that made this country great. The old world view of "us, we, our" has been replaced by "I, me, mine." The reasons for this are manifold and complex, but at the end of the day, we need to remember that, if one of us is suffering needlessly, all of us are diminished.

Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

The more I know, the less I understand

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

To want what I have, to take what I'm given with grace. For this I pray.

In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior, discouraging any responsibility for one's actions.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

Fame, at one time, was associated with accomplishment, but in this day and age fame and notoriety have become confused.

There is not wrong, there is no right, and I will sleep very well tonight.

So much time weeping and wailing and shaking our fists, creating enemies that really don't exist.

Remember how you made me crazy, remember how I made you scream.

Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.

For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving

Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun.

An angry man can only get so far until he reconciles the way he thinks.

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

O' beautiful for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected king Armchair warriors often fail And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales The lawyers clean up all details Since daddy had to lie But I know a place where we can go And wash away this sin We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by And the tall grass wave in the wind Just lay your head back on the ground And let your hair spill all around me Offer up your best defence But this is the end This is the end of the innocence