In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Life is a game. We must keep playing the game. The more we play, the more we will understand the game of life.

Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our heart, the still, small, mighty voice of God.

In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.

If God is on our side, he'll stop the next war.

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.

All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?

Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.

I am changing the notion that actresses can’t have happy marriages

Governments have a favorite phrase: “lean and mean.” But they’ve been made very, very fat for corporate interests.