I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

You don't need to look at the beauty to feel the love.

The reason why God doesn't show his face is because he stands behind a wall that can be broken.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

Some difficulty is warranted and other difficulty I think is gratuitous. And I think I can tell the difference. There are certainly very difficult poets that I really enjoy reading.

Funk 'em, just to see the look on their face.

That corner of the world smiles for me more than anywhere else.

People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.

Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye.

Take that which God has given you and share it.

Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last.