Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. Deserve thy genius: exalt it.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

In being able to learn from his mistakes and grow, Eisenhower "was transformed from a mere person into a personage.

Animals in children’s literature always have a soul life because children perceive animals as having souls.

Books are the most worthy companions to take with you on this bitter-sweet journey known as life.

You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

Hit me with your rhythm stick, it's nice to be a lunatic.

Most Muslims don't want to live in some Taliban-style utopia, which is what bin Laden and allied groups are offering.

I'd been broken beyond repair.

I was never an actor. I had done one or two random projects in my advertising career.

But because we've all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone.

We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.