Cut these words and they would bleed; they are vascular and alive.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

So this is what I amPondering his eyes that could notConceive that I was a creature to run fromI who have always believed too much in words

You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to the world from running you plumb crazy

Questions create the only light that can permeate a formidable truth.

I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.

Man is afraid to attain what he longs for, just as subconsciously he longs for what he is afraid of.

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.

I wondered if people might not have had enough of Simon Armitage and wondered whether I hadn't had enough of Simon Armitage.

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.