I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I will walk where my own nature would be leading.

No coward soul is mine.

I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

The essential attributes of a great leader are a positive attitude, humility, and gratitude.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Everyone complains of his lack of memory but nobody of his want of judgement.

I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.

He who chases two rabbits, catches none.

It's a mistake to ask a work of art to be all things to all people.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.

You long for one true friend? You have one. And because you do, you have a choice. You can... ponder the malice of your monster or the kindness of your Christ.

I was, aged nine, the go-to kid in Minneapolis for a commercial voiceover.