Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks at any infringement of her laws.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

My sense of the past is vivid and slow. I hear every sign and see every shadow.

Victoria's got her secrets. Hey, so do I!

live a death, die a death

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

I want to kiss you one more time before I die.

Creating great content that educates and informs is always the best marketing strategy.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

Will you remember me when I'm gone?

I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.