An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

To learn etiquette, is actually learning how to see others, and respect them.

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

You can gerrymander one district, but it's very difficult to gerrymander the whole country.

When I was so fatigued that I couldn't move, the excitement of going to the barn and getting my foot in the stirrup would make me crawl out of bed.

This country is never going to move forward unless we end Republican rule in the House and Senate.

The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.

David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't have any such illusions.

History's just been made for sale to an inside deal.

The Bible is God's Word given in man's language