Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

You become better not by competing with someone else but by improving your awareness.

Trying to get an agent is like standing in line to be picked for kickball. Pick me! Pick me! ...Dang, last again.

We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.

Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.

It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.

As long as you're excited about what you're playing, and as long as it comes from your heart, it's going to be great.

If my photos have any value, it's because they show a Mexico that no longer exists.

I can see thru mountains watch me disappear, I can even touch the sky. Swallowing the colors of the sounds I hear, am I just a crazy guy? You bet.

Don't magnify your problems, magnify your God...he's got you covered.

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.