Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth Finds the down pillow hard.

Good food depends almost entirely on good ingredients.

If Christ be anything he must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul!

Failure is not an option. Failure is a prerequisite.

I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have.

I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it.

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.

To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.

It always seemed to me they're sort of alike ... magic and music. Spells and tunes. For one thing, you have to get them just exactly right.