Joy is the will which labors which overcomes obstacles which knows triumph.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Do not seek to be known as honorable or courageous. Simply as true. It is then you will surely be known as them both.

I don't do sports, really.

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

The reason we have this inner conviction that death is not the end - and that Heaven exists - is because we were created in the image of God.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.

I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.

Everything is the living God, the living Christ; see it as such.

Don't get stuck on small. Don't stop dreaming, reaching and enhancing what you have.