Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

Shall we accept the testimony of a man, yet reject the Truth of God.

Humour is the best weapon to fight any battle. But there is a thin line between humour and humiliation and beware not to cross it.

If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

You get spoiled on Captain America, where your trailers two blocks long and its got three bedrooms.

If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.

Be your own guide, follow your own movement.

When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice.

I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.

Emotions. Swelling waves that we are so often powerless to navigate. Is there some meaning to them? Of course, you just have to learn how to properly manage them.