The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

He must have seen her shock, because he said, "You can't defeat the power of the book. But you can make it work for you.

Maybe, if I had lied all those years ago, my life could have followed a very different path. But as it is I faithfully follow the long, long thread the Fates have woven for me.

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that.

All the old fellows stole our best ideas.

"Doctor, I have a ringing in my ears." "Don't answer!"

It's still the same old story, A fight for love and glory, A case of do or die! The world will always welcome lovers As time goes by.

I myself have seen the floating ships And nothing will ever be the same The shouts, The harrowing voices within the house. I stand apart with an army: My mind is graven with ships.

Be a leader, not a follower. Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot be.

I ask myself whether Russia is moving in the direction of democracy. I don't believe it is! Bit by bit, Russia is slipping back into an authoritarian empire.