Optimism is the true moral courage

I chose life over death for myself and my friends... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.

If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.

Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.

By endurance we conquer.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Optimism is true moral courage.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

When things are easy, I hate it.

Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

I’m curious about why there’s so much honor given to death, when there is no honor in losing someone you love.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

All seems infected that th' infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

The practice of democracy means that I, one person, one humble person, nevertheless feel some responsibility if the officials for whose election I was responsible go too far out of line.

I'll never graduate from collagen.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman.

And not go to things that sound good that really did not have the kind of impact that we would want. Who disagrees with keeping neighborhoods safe?

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

Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted , cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.