People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.

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.

Leaders let go of what they can't control. It's a matter of knowing the power of the muscles and bones in your neck so you can go for what it can carry

We often focus on what is wrong and complain that nothing is beautiful.

To swear day and night by media slander will make one a bigger victim than the slandered. It doesn't take much to begin to fear a mere illusion of human badness.

We live for our unfulfilled dreams when we are alive. Our fulfilled dreams live for us when we are gone!

Their eyes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt.

I like to flip through play scripts, not just my own; there is something exciting about seeing printed language on a page that triggers responses in me.

Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.

Riders called me up afterwards to say that they had had no other choice. I couldn't understand the way they changed their tune.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

Women, like men, ought to have their years so glutted with freedom that they hate the very idea of freedom.