They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Your life is a show and you're the star so don't let anyone walk on set and treat you like an extra.

Timeless resources exist, if you will ask the Creator.

... it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.

I love Tate Modern; there's such great style and shopping here. I love the galleries and the pubs out on the street, just having your pint as the sun is setting.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, the 'Lord of Phosphorus,' and Lucifer, or 'Light-Bearer,' is in us: it is our Mind

I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.

The consumer gets the best deal when the product is cheapest, and the product is cheapest when people can freely compete in the market place.

Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”

Oh God," I said. "I'm Zmey's daughter. Zmey junior. Zmeyette, even.