Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

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.

Marriage, " she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

The words you speak reveal the heart you have.

Even a wolf knows how to be polite when animalistic humans have no clue about politeness

Don't believe those lies about intellectual people. They're only written to soothe the majority.

I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead.... Tis well.

Imagination is so much harder to face than reality.

Naturally, no one knows more about music than musicians. They talk about their own work all the time, but they rarely get to talk about other people's music.

Indeed, it is an indisputable fact that all the complex and horrendous questions confronting us at home and worldwide have their answer in that single book [the Bible].

The poetic element lying hidden in most women is the source of their magnetic attraction.