There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate.

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.

Being right keeps you in place. Being wrong forces you to explore.

I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.

Some have at first for wits, then poets passed, Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last.

I couldn't imagine a home without animals.

We need a leader who won't be silent - as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been - as millions of Christians are persecuted throughout the Middle East.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

There has never been anything worth obtaining without grief, or suffering, and disappointment.

I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life.

What you do should speak so loudly that no one will hear what you say.

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.