Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Self Importance is the worst sin a person can get into

A demon obsessed with being human is a demon no longer

He wrote very well in those days, as it happens, much better than he does now. He had absolute convictions, and style is nothing more than the absolute conviction of possessing a style.

For me, performance is about forgetting what I'm wearing. Just putting it on and knowing it's right.

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

I knew a book of mine was finished when I was in intensive care.

Nothing makes a person weaker than complicated thinking.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

True courage is to stand against evil, even when we stand alone.

Only to the rude ear of one who is quite indifferent does the song of a bird seem always the same.