Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Smartass Disciple: Master, where will you go after your soul leaves your body?Master of Stupidity: What makes you think a soul will go elsewhere physically?

All great things worth having require great sacrifice worth giving.

War remains the decisive human failure.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Girls are taught to seem, to appear - not to be and do.

Experience teaches that the time to buy stocks is when their price is unduly depressed by temporary adversity. In other words, they should be bought on a bargain basis or not at all.

I believe that constant effort, tireless effort, pursuing clear goals with sincere effort is the only way

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.