Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

All you need is one thought and one word. When you learn how to connect them, you can do anything you like.

deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

He is the only man I ever met with a seersucker face.

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions.

Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.

To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

Most people keep their brains between their legs.