Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils' taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition.

I chose life over death for myself and my friends... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.

If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.

Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.

By endurance we conquer.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Optimism is true moral courage.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

When things are easy, I hate it.

Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age.Nothing does --- except wrinkles.It's true, some wines improves with age.But only if the grapes were good in the first place

Learning the way of grace is about truth. It’s reconciling the truth, of both our own infinite value and of others’ infinite value—despite our depths ofbrokenness.

Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path of Greece, we will not go quietly into the night.

Aging is a chance to make what was good, great, and what was never so good, better...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?

I did have a bunch of goals I wanted to achieve when I was financially able to do so, but they had nothing to do with fame.

Everyone should be able to go to a concert and enjoy music, and not feel like they're going to be harassed. That's how I see punk music.

I think that bad drama in a relationship has nothing to do with the individuals, it just really has to do with the dynamic that those individuals create.

I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.

Both parents' rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents.