Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

Your first great duties, you are sensible, are those you owe to Heaven, to your Creator and Redeemer. Let these be ever present to your minds, and exemplified in your lives and conduct.

If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while.

Your mind is a powerful tool. Learn how to harness this power and your life will be filled with great things.

Don't think it. Do it!

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .

I wish- I wish I could dry these tears, I wish I could make this better for you. But I don't know how.

Tricky the paths a long love might follow, like the spiral down twists of a raindrop on a windowpane.

Seek not a lighthouse greater than the human mind! Believe not the existence of an emotion nobler than the compassion!

To represent your country is an honor and a great experience.