Fear not that thy life shall come to an end but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

Calculation never made a hero.

To live is to change and to be perfect is to change often.

Courage does not consist in calculation but in fighting against chances.

Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion on slender evidence.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.

It is as absurd to argue men as to torture them into believing.

Faith is the result of the act of the will following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.

If we are intended for great ends we are called to great hazards.

Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth.

If you build your life on one and only person, be prepared for none and lonely life

For cool things to happen, you have to get out of your comfort zone.

Even if we may not always understand why God allows certain things to happen to us, we can know He is able to bring good out of evil, and triumph out of suffering.

We fritter away our energy and creativity . . . we get bogged down in the thick of thin things.

The thought content of ghazals must be meaningful, related to life, it’s emotions of joy and sorrow. It must have the human touch, it should not be phoney.

It seems we are suffering from a very narrow and self serving reading of the Gospel right now.

Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

When life gives you lemons, get tequila and salt.

Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.