Haste trips up its own heels, fetters and stops itself.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Six days shalt thou paddle and pack, but on the seventh thou shall wash thy socks.

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.

Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things.

We have happy days, remember good dinners.

She looked at patches of blackness. Black is a blind remembering, she thought.

It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience.

I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there's a certain amount of connection to the earth.

She thinks that he looks like Elvis, when he runs his fingers through that jet black hair.

If you don't know what it is you want - and I mean specifically - then you won't even know when you have it.

I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I'm from a city. I've been a fan of country music ever since.