The further from law you move, the closer to claw you come.

It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageous

Fortune crowns the bold before the worthy

It's by stooping that fingers create a fist, and by standing tall that they give us open palms.

The first act in the training of a warrior should be how to string his rifle and turn it into a guitar

There is only one thing worse than a little baby who won't stop crying: it is a big baby who won't stop whining about it

It is only in grammar that the mighty can be bound by rules made by the humble

Might without right makes blight

Today's troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don't want their children to have parents

To be laughed at draws more profitable attention than being smiled at

Fortune draws her breath through cracks that make coarse the route on which we march to success

I can't promise to take away your loneliness, but I can promise to be there when you need me the most.

I was never afraid of failure

The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.

I always take abroad with me one really good soft pillow--to me it makes all the difference between comfort and misery.

The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.

Life doesn't work out the way we plan, but maybe it works out the way it's supposed to after all.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

I encourage people to play around, mix proportions, textures, seasons and prints, and to find what makes them feel their most comfortable and expressive.

There is no life without work, anxieties or tensions. Peace is not found in avoiding these but in understanding them and controlling their force.