One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.

This seemed like one of those make-it-or-break-it moments where you have to consciously choose to do the right thing. Or be bad.

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.

You're not so bad. You'll get there. You should have seen Alec do flips at first. I think he kicked himself in the head once.

If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.

If we can't program it, we can't understand it.

Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.

What time can be more beautiful when the one in which the finest virtues, innocent cheerfulness and indefinable longing for love constitute the sole motives of your life.

Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.

Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. "Tuff enough," he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.