The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion.

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.

Don't dodge difficulties; meet them, greet them, beat them. All great men have been through the wringer.

Few of us know what we are capable of doing... we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out. Alfred

We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.

Great persons are great because of good, strong foundations on which they were able to build a character.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

When I lay down on my deathbed, I want to know that I have done all I could to be a first rate human, not a third rate pawn of the gods.

The trouble with you people is that you don't laugh enough.

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

Never eat a heavily sugared doughnut before you go on TV.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

No one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation.

Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.

It's pretty hard to have faith when everybody is trying to lock you up.