Always make the best of the best, and never make bad worse.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I often lose motivation, but it's something I accept as normal.

Consequences are not the spoiler that kills my dreams. Rather, they are the lessons that enhance my dreaming.

Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the common cold.

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

Love is the most powerful force in the world.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?

To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

It's monstrous that Europe, which is fighting for human rights, refused seriously sick Slobodan Milosevic treatment.