One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

The splendor of God's work is the beauty of stars.

We have to remember that not every action taken to solve a problem will be free of unforeseen consequences. No matter how good our intentions.

I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus.'

The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.

The fictional treatment of biographical material - a treatment that for me is essential - is full of traps.

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.

I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.

Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural.