A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

Submit to God and be at peace with him

Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.

He was like nothing she’d ever known.Marcii hoped she would come to know him, for he was all she could ever have asked for and more.

You can't expect people who are too lazy to run to accompany you on a marathon.

Being an Australian that's been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that's a pretty cool moment to have.

Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.

I know of nothing that I feel is of so great value in life as to be obedient to the counsel and advice of the Lord, and of His servants in this our day.

We are all of us more or less active physiognomists.

I wouldn't go in a fast food outlet even to use the toilet.

The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights.