And he shall reign a goodly king And sway his hand o'er every clime With peace writ on his signet ring Who bides his time.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree

Tell you what I like the best - 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the vine, - some afternoon Like to jes' git out and rest, And not work at nothin' else!

I love the horse from hoof to head. From head to hoof and tail to mane. I love the horse as I have said - From head to hoof and back again.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

By 1989, the total number of Vietnam veterans who had died in violent accidents or by suicide after the war exceeded the total number of American soldiers who died during the war.

The balance of life

The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.

I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.

Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.