Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it

(Parentheses speakMore than we dare say out loudWhy, oh, why is that?)

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.

I'd rather be more of the hippie country chick - as in, instead of pointing a finger, just maybe saying, 'We're all screw-ups. We're all in this kind of together. We're all just figuring this out.'

Havok ended a chapter of my life and I get to start a new one with MacGyver.

If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with that.

In fact Plotinus thought not only that soul in general is eternal so that you always have soul, but he thought that each person's soul is eternal.

The hero is he who is immovably centered.

Commitment is what your boss needs you to have. Choice is what you need to have.