Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

He who is brave is free.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Do not waste your life over working.

As a writer, I'm always at the mercy of my inspiration, my intuition, and my imagination.

A mathematician is an individual who constructs space with 0D particles and then places a bowling ball on this invisible canvas to explain how gravity works.

I like wearing my wedding ring, it's nice.

Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I have blond lashes. You could just paint my face - it's like a blank canvas. It can be great for what I do.

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal thing, the whole male-dominated approach, really bothered me.

I think that people who don't mind reading find the immersion and their ability to get into a deeper place with the story to be satisfying. That's the kind of reader I want.

The first step in our walk of faith is to stop our own works and rest in God's love, wisdom and power.