The two fortresses which are the last to yield in the human heart, are hope and pride.

We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.

Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.

Tomorrow may be fair, however stormy the sky of today.

Some blessings have been ours in the past, and these may be repeated or even multiplied.

There must be vistas flying out beyond, that promise more than present conditions yield.

For who would live if life held no allurements?

Honest people are never touchy about the matter of being trusted.

Only if the dragon and the eagle turn their sights from each other and make room for each other in the world they share, can they reach new and brighter horizons.

Fans are giving me instant feedback on a chat box. I keep my fans close by working collectively as a unit. I figure as long as I do that, I can't lose. I use the internet as much as possible.

To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest.

If you were starving and had all the time in the world, would you stop eating the greatest slice of cake on earth halfway through? Then why would you quit on your dreams?

It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.

I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

Black and white can show how something is. Color adds how it is, imbued with temperatures and humidities of experience.

A writer either speaks to adults and bores kids, or speaks to kids and upsets adults.