Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

No man stops caring as long as he breathes. As long as he has a mind and memory, he will care. This is what separates us from the animals. We have feelings.

Baseball is to our everyday experience what poetry often is to common speech — a slightly elevated and concentrated form.

One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.

I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.

I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.

There's an image of Rapunzel free, flying in the air, as a sunburst, which says so much. This is a girl who has to get out and bless the world.

I am afraid to live in the society we live in today. Our society cannot be maintained by this type of incompetency.

The lives of men who have been always growing are strewed along their whole course with the things they have learned to do without.

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

In order to experience real magic it is necessary to make a dramatic shift from outcome to purpose.