Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

It took me twenty years of living with my father to accept the idea that being good could be good enough.

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.

Leaders goal: Avoid building around only ONE person's ministry gifting. Longevity is in a team, not an individual!

A work of art is a renewable source of energy.

Choosing love or war: both are brave choices, in their own ways.

We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked at each other for the last time.

All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.

A lot of sources said I was born in 1917. That is incorrect. I was born in 1920. 1917 was the year the studios listed as my birth year to make me appear younger.

The only way to learn compassion is through your heart; you have to back up and pass through your own pain.

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.