Genius creates, and taste preserves.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

Yes, she believed God loved her. But if this whole fiasco was His idea of love . . .

Rather than micro-managing to resolve every problem, create the right atmosphere, process, and system that facilitate effective problem solving.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

Service rivalry leads to service pride, which is good for building morale and esprit.

I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don't have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.

I'm pretty normal in some ways. In some ways I'm completely extraordinary, and in other ways I'm completely weird and eccentric.

I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous.

Each good thought that you have encouraged and nourished is your life's true work of art.