The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended.

There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.

There exists within everyone a grand passion, an outlandish thirst for adventure, a desire to live boldly and vividly through the journey of life.

We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never be prepared to settle for anything less

It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.

Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.

There is more in you than you think.

Your disability is your opportunity.

Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or other to get him to face the question, Are you going to be a fighter or a quarreller?

The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul.

One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.

Fear doesn't let you fail, it releases you from illusion!

In reading, in literature and poetry, I found an artistic freedom that I didn't see at Woolworth's. I would read everything from Shakespeare to science fiction ... sometimes a book a day.

"Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei."

I really took the lead on putting together the real estate fund-to-funds. Real estate was always interesting to me.

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

As you look back on a year almost ended, recall the ways in which God has been inviting you to return, again and again, to Love which is the same as returning to God

I don't believe in e-mail. I rarely use a cell phone and I don't have a fax.

Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.