For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

There comes a point when you win, and you can either soothe the loser into thinking there was something in it for them or kick them while they're down to make sure they know what just happened.

It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.

One of the most powerful lessons silence teach us is to ponder

Jesus was not a carpenter forever.

To understand me you should reach my level at my game, so far you are somewhere down I am above.

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

When you brush your teeth, I'll squeeze the toothpaste.

Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it.

What seems distinctively modern as a unit of thought, of art, of discourse is the fragment; and the quotation is one kind of fragment.