Failure is success if we learn from it.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.

We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.

Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.

If the West believed in something, it would prevail overnight. The problem is you can't beat bad faith with no faith.

Let your love to life be love to your highest hope; and let your highest hope be the highest thought of life!

I think the British government's cutting back of arts funding is such a crime. I bet it will happen in Denmark soon, too.

The story of your life is not your life; it's your story.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

If you do not surrender, I shall be forced to shoot you through the head with a rather large bullet.

Extend your mercy towards others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His Mercy from us?