Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

The divinity of thy soul is a spark of divine-self.

Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel.

I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work.

What do you take me for, an idiot?

Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.

People are never too young or too old to look for human connection.

I really believe that the past is beyond our grasp and what is essential about the past is something unspeakable.

You have to act and act now.

I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.