Idleness is the holiday of fools.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Each day is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to Him.

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.

Her dark eyes sparkled in the sunlight as she stared up at me. "You are a moon child. She calls to you.

She made ugly things beautiful, somehow, and he would never understand it. "pg 346

My mother is a walking miracle.

I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.

Living isn't courage, knowing that you're living, that's courage

Unless what you say benefits the other person, don't say it.

My health has benefited the most from practising Wing Chun.

Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it.