There is still vitality under the winter snow, even though to the casual eye it seems to be dead.

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

the human soul, by once suffering as much as it is capable of, purchases a strange and terrible immunity to all the rest of life's sorrows.

If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.

You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes ... without stirring it up from the bottom. That's where the bitter dregs are!

Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.

I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away from them.

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them?

Burning logs can carry on quite a conversation! ... Have you ever heard apple wood talking? It's the most loquacious of all. You really can't get a word in edgeways.

The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts.

Fueled by faith and passion for our true priorities we're going to drive against traffic in order to find rest, refreshment, and time for what matters most in life.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight No I was all horns and thorns sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.

Leadership is a dare - and the dare is, 'Are you willing to show up?'

Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.

We don't have anything planned, so nothing can go wrong.

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint