Everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

Submitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and save ourselves- isn't that what he wanted us to do?

It (the sun) didn't really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me.

Then the Warrior realizes that these repeated experiences have but one aim: to teach him what he does not want to learn.

We could do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.

Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.

[My] hunger and thirst was, and still remains: How do I get people who hate poetry to love me?

When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.

Establishment women just get mad. Activists change the laws.

I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good #book; or a friend who's #read one.

Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.