I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.

You never know what you can do till you try.

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

May you find the courage to rise above any circumstance.

It is better to lose and gain the love, than win and lose the love.

Don't be too realistic, It will make you an Idiot .

My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least.

I eat for a living, so working out is definitely part of my job, the same way that the eating, tasting, and drinking is.

I'm very much an Enlightenment kind of guy.

We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its pages.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet

The medicine increases the disease.