The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

If you have to ask that question, you wouldn't understand the answer.

I'm an answer, Frankie. Maybe you're an answer for me, too?—Emerson

Maybe it's because he never had any control over what was happening to him as a boy. Being late was somehow a way of taking charge.

Faith sees the invisible believes the incredible and receives the impossible.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

Freedom has its roots in religion.

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

I think I'm very fortunate to be born in America. And lucky to be able to have lived and had the opportunity to do what I want to do.

America will never move forward if you decide to leave a nation of people behind.