The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Write and your experiences with others. Never underestimate your writings. It can bring hope and inspiration to many people.

Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.

The doctor looked at my cardiogram and made that "hmmmm" noise that doctors are taught in medical school so they won't come right out and say "UH-oh!"

Are We Going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion?

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence.

It will profit you nothing to remember old wrongs and nurse old enmities.

If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!

A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.