It is not how many years we live, but what we do with them.

There is no reward equal to that of doing the most good to the most people in the most need.

Who can estimate the wealth of worth caged in a little child?

Even if you know where you are going and what problems you have to solve, you may only know the nearest tasks and you may not understand completely all of your tasks

As you see the need to change your partner to save the relationship, it is then time to end it.

Do not grumble that bees sting

I was a young person once, shortly after the polar ice caps retreated, and I distinctly recall believing that virtually all adults were clueless goobers.

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own.

What you are willing to lose will be proportionate to what you are able to win.

The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom.

Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.

The nearer any disease approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure. Danger and deliverance make their advances together; and it is only in the last push that one or the other takes the lead.

We made plenty of mistakes, but we never tripped anybody to gain an advantage, or took illegal shortcuts when no judge was around. We have all jogged and panted it out the whole way.