For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain.

The best tonic for soreness is to do the movement that got you sore in the first place.

I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.

Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being.

In a lot of minds, God is big enough to raise dead people, but He's not big enough to deal with our running.

God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.

He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.

The name Shatner is Austrian and partly Germanic, and there's Germanic reticence and silence perhaps, but there is passion underneath.