Life belongs to the living and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Wishing Is Not Enough; We Must Do.

A useless life is an early death.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.

Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

Every second is of infinite value.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.

Those who serve a cause are not those who love that cause. They are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it - except in the case of the very purest and they are rare.

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly.

The more I practise, the luckier I become

No grief has a right to immortality. That ground belongs to joy, to hope, to faith.

Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it, may be a pretty good reason not to misunderstimate her.

You don't ask a juggler which ball is highest in priority. Success is to do it all.

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

I'm not someone who goes around the locker room before a game trying to motivate my teammates. I don't say a lot before the game. I don't say a lot in general. It takes too much energy to do that.

I've found that there isn't any correlation whatsoever between the hours put in and the quality of what comes out. Most of the Beatles' songs probably originated in about five minutes.

There are interesting scientific and historical connections between these things that I just love.