Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

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.

This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.

It is impossible to credit one gender with every good and perfect gift without slighting the other. That’s what extreme diversity does to us.

Who have you helped today"?

Maybe it’s us who are the psychosis of some massive, all-knowing globule of nebulous space junk.

If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.

Tithing is not a matter of money, really; it is a matter of faith—faith in the Lord. He promises blessings if we obey His commandments.

You can do anything, but lay off my blue suede shoes

Love is the answer, that everyone seeks...Love is the language, that every heart speaks.

Love and a sense of calmness are the only things you need to bring to the experience of death.

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.