A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

I'm a scientist. We don't talk about the spirit. Soul is a four letter word in our tradition.

Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.

I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.