Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as they have begun.

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.

I am acutely aware that like a slip of paper in the wind, something in his nature eludes my grasp.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach.

The blessing is that everyone knows who I am because of the commercials.

With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard.

I don’t want to react because I don’t want them to know it’s a bad word, but I want to encourage them to talk so I’m like, ‘That’s good!’

You see that a handful of times every year where a person that hasn't been playing that well pops up and wins.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out.

I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.