The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

My favourite sound in the world —hearing your heart beatbeat for my heart.

Play life on hard. Easy might be safer but where is the fun in that?

In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.

I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey." -Hardy Cates

People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction.

Turtles don't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh?

It is not hard to compose but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table. . . So many melodies fly about, one must be careful not to tread on them.

A poem is what the reader lives through under the guidance of the text and experiences as relevant to the text.

Other things are just food. But chocolate's chocolate.

Listen to the voice that speaks inside