Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are sure to wake up somebody.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

The history of all times and of today especially teaches that... women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.

The guys who stick around are the smartest guys and the guys who are the most self-driven. You have to have drive. The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.

If you actually relax your vocal cords they actually work better.

In golf as in life, it's the follow through that makes the difference.

Emotional affairs, those are the only real affairs; those are the real ones.

All experience is now. Now never ends.

Art is a luxury but also a necessity.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.

It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!

I'm not even going to be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.