Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air, leaving nothing but a memory of bright sound.

I'm sure if you were a Bosnian during the war, you would wish to kill Serbs. Just because it is the opposite of you and because they're aggressors. And also, it happens to me when I get attacked.

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

I never wanted to end up in entertainment; that wasn't the goal.

If you give up, it's over. But if you don't give up, the day will come when you'll be glad you didn't give up.

Just the other day, it seems, the kids were running through the house, slamming doors, breaking glass, making noise. Time goes by so quickly. Sometimes everything seems so fleeting.

A boxer is like a lion, the greatest predator on land, but you throw him in the shark tank and he's just another meal.

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.