Confidence is not a wilted plant that can be brought back to life with a bit of water. It is a highly flammable object. Doubt sets it aflame and destroys it irreparably.

Man is more attractive when left to the imagination.

What can we do in any hardship? We can hope with prayerful praise.

One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory.

Life gives us the music but we can raise or lower the volume as we like

I'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.

I want to be around people that do things. I don't want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.

The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.

I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.