Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

And years from now, you may not remember exactly what you ate.But you’ll remember who you ate with.

I've never been drunk but often I've been overserved.

No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope.

In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.

Whatever happens in a government could have happened differently, and it usually would have been better if it had.

I've always had a bad attention span.

The true character of ministry is a servants heart.

Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.