Great determination can overcome most odds.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Formal education teaches how to stand, but to see the rainbow you must come out and walk many steps on your own.

When I was growing up we didn't have a massive house and there were five women running around, so my dad and I had to stick together!

Money is not everything, but is probably just second to Oxygen

Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins. A living God must be served in a living way.

Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

To inherit property is not to be born - it is to be still-born, rather.

No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first.

I spill water on myself all the time at nice restaurants. I've run into poles and knocked myself out.

There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I'm not into all that.

If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that?