Every action we take everything we do is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Coaches build teams, parents build players.

Our youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life

I sometimes wonder if necrophiliacs are really into dead people or if they just enjoy the quiet.

To accomplish artistic work, of any individual worth, nature must be seen through the medium of the artist's intellectual emotions.

I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids.

I don't understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of.

No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.

It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.