As she read the ten commandments for the first time, a Chinese woman said, "I don't see how anyone can very well get on without them."

A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.

My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, my left is wavering. The situation is excellent. I shall attack!

Hope cherishes no illusions, nor does it yield to cynicism.

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.

Hope lights a candle instead of cursing the darkness.

Hope regards problems, small or large, as opportunities.

Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot.

Hope opens doors where despair closes them.

Hope puts up with modest gains, realizing that the longest journey starts with one step.

Don't fall in love or let anyone's life become more important than your own.

It is not clear that married people are, on average, happier than those who never married, because unhappily married people are the least happy group of all and they pull down the average.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown of all faithful souls) for those who have not defiled themselves with women.

I’m like a twenty two year old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of people have never seen me play live.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.

The very thing you fear could be the best thing to ever happen to you

I'm really nervous, because it's actually happening. You forget after a while when you start talking about something that it's actually going to happen.