He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

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.

But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS: the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves). It is not contagious.

The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic.

If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?

Do we have Steve Jobs to thank for the iPod and iPod shuffle? iTunes? I think so. He changed the way we hear and think about music.

It was all quite ghastly and I was very fond of it.

Any great movie you watch has some element of darkness or loss or some suffering in it. That's what makes the fun parts fun.

Through every moment on stage for the first time, I felt like I was finally right where I belonged.

It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.

Happiness is not something that you get in life, hapiness is something that you bring in life