Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Do what gives you joy and you will enjoy what you do.

My spirit is stronger.

Language is accurate: you run for your life. If you are dying, leave. If you are suffering, move. There is no other law, only movement.

If I don’t believe in your god, it means he was incapable to manipulate me.

He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.

If you use your will all the time, then it runs out. You deplete yourself and then, when you really need it, it's not there.

You are more than human. You are a child of God.