It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.

It seems to me that life is always undoing for us something that we have just laboriously done.

Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection.

A perfect marriage is like a pure heart ... those who have it are fit to see God.

Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.

A literary woman's best critic is her husband.

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

... to work, to work hard, to see work steadily, and see it whole, was the way to be reputable. I think I always respected a goodblacksmith more than a lady of leisure.

-Waiting Time is time of preparation, planning pruning before time of manifestation (time of showing forth)

Today, make time to play.

You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me, " I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

It is to the middle class we must look for the safety of England.

I think I have a mental nappy attitude.

American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny.

After man knows the truth, he cannot be too careful of his words.

Im an accidental entrepreneur.

It's not a one time heroic moment but is living each day with bravery.

As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.