I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

impossible is not a word

The more we respect other creatures, the more respect our humanity will get!

School is a factory where the raw material called student is turned into a product called employee.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that system.

After all the evidence is in--after you've run all the facts by everything you know--and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith.

If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.

I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.

Directing is a tremendous art.