The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul

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.

God’s Word is not a book of human ideas . . . it is given to us by [God] to teach us how to live.

Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?""No""No?""No.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeeded because I keep going and going and going.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.

Solar, for example - which has typically been thought of as so expensive - is cheap when compared with, for example, the cost of cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Gulf.

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs.

Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you.