Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

To judge someone is to say that I have the right to define who they are, verses understanding that God has handed me the priceless privilege of discovering who they are.

Your supporters can help you think in new ways, solve problems, and burst through barriers.

There is no other enemy of a human being except his own nature.

It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.

So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part of what it means to be human? I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure.

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.

God is no further from you on your worst day than He is on your best day. Just open your heart to receive Him and His love.

The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.

Joy begins with our convictions about spiritual truths we're willing to bet our lives on, and truths that are lodged so deeply within us that they produce a settled assurance about God.