Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

If you wish to possess your soul, be patient.

My dear cousin has a very odd relationship with fear -- though mostly she's too busy to be bothered with it.

Let's go on a road trip and like it, not dread it! There are no barriers, there is no fear.

I don't think it will ever be too late for her, that she still holds out hope that one day he'll see what he left for never replaced what he gave up.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.

I don’t want to be rude, but I’m not that social. When I say, “I never go out,” I mean, “I never go out.”

Take my advice. Stay away from all broken people.

The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year. Unbelievable. And we find it acceptable.

He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.