How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

After the event, even a fool is wise.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.

Write what you want to write and would like to read, not for any invisible audience. Your readers will find you.

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.

All the things I've loved the most in life were my biggest risks.

The life of the ancient Greeks and Romans has profoundly influenced our own, and yet the ways in which they affect us do not present themselves on the surface of our ordinary experiences.

Belief isn't always easy. But this much I have learned--- if not enough else--- to live with my eyes open.

People should be judged on the things they do, not how they look.

You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has lived a very closed life.

We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.

Obama is attacking every business. He is attacking every employer and employee. He is attacking the system. He has a perverse mind.