The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

If obstacles are large, jump higher.

How....will I ever truly depict you?You’re perfect, my writing isn’t.

God loves us the way we are but too much to leave us that way.

This day is going to be awful. It's the sort of day you wouldn't mind losing completely, even if it meant your life would be twenty-four hours shorter.

A life without friends means death without company. (Adiskidegabeko bizita, auzogabeko heriotza.) —BASQUE PROVERB

You can't murder a man who's been dead for five centuries.

Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer to it often.

He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough.

A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.

Why be normal? What's the point?