Let every man look before he leaps.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

If i believe my truth is true and you believe your truth is true, what if my truth says yours is a lie.is it still true?

An Important thing : never lie to yourself, for real... worst thing is when you lie to yourself, you just keep doing it and you don't know.

It matters not what you fight but what you fight for.

My purpose is to acknowledge the wonder of being part of Creation. Though I myself don't create anything, I make from what has been created.

I first picked up the bass guitar when I was twelve years old, and fooled around with it. By the time I was thirteen I got pretty serious about it.

Anybody who is thinking of applying for the Scotland job in the next eight or nine years should go get themselves checked out by about 15 psychiatrists.

Every great quotation carries the power to shape the world like a river.

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.