This is the reason we cannot complain of life: it keeps no one against his will.

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.

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him.

Have you noticed that everything in Nature, gives back to Nature?

To become a father is not hard to be a father is however.

I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall where they may.

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

Every fashion photographer is completely different; the fact that they are so different is what makes it fun. You don't want to get bored.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.