It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Almighty God thy will be done in my life as it is in Heaven, in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.

Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.

I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's butt all day today.

Most days, I practice piano in the mornings and I spend the rest of the day painting.

Drinking removes warts and pimples. Not from me. But from those I look at.

For the worst things of our lives, it is sometimes the best way, to never speak of them again.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

The secret is to be prepared, to draw on the strengths of the people around you, and most importantly, to instill confidence that your team will step up and find a solution.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.