Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

As long as there is the egoism of ‘I-ness’ (hoonpanu) and the partiality towards ‘my-ness’ (marapanu), how can there be liberation till then?

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

It takes a little slip to slip. Inappropriate actions are inappropriate!

The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt.

I am very happy and excited to re-sign with the Yankees.

The time you spend hating on someone robs you of your own time. You are literally hating on yourself and you don't even realize it.

These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

There's nothing more prized to a man than something he had to wait for, work for, or struggle a little bit to get.

In the 70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.

Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless, services shall have lifeless answers. When men are dull, God will be dumb.