He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale..

To desire is to dream.

You only need to live for your dreams.

While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger.

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.

The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of the world and a power greater than money or weapons: the truth.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin.

Civil disobedience is the core of American defiance against kings and emperors.