If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.

Be nice to people on your way up, because you'll land on them on your way down

That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

People accuse me of going overboard preparing for my first ten million years in eternity; in my opinion, people go overboard in worrying about their last ten on earth.

The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.

A Judge may be a farmer; but he is not to geld his own pigs.

I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.

Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.