If we do not like our work, and do not try to get happiness out of it, we are a menace to our profession as well as to ourselves.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

In one way or another, every mission that I have ever set out on to rescue myself is yet another mission that I end up needing to be rescued from. Hence, there is God.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself-an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God.

Lao Tsu doesn't seem to hold to much stock for words or phrases or teachings.

Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.

Naming suffering, exalting it, dissecting it into its smallest components – that is doubtless a way to curb mourning.

When you want something bad enough, you work your butt off for it.

I would say [Fed policy] has been in some sense Reverse Robin Hood.

Stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves; its your responsibility

An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.