Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Love… is friendship. A deep, lasting foundation that you both decided to set on fire.

I am wonderful creation of God.

My dad would always say, "When you look at a photo do you see yourself last?"

The collector attempts always to acquire the best, and his knowledge of what is best is always widening. His is the task of judging between degrees of perfection.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.

We semaphore from ship to ship, but they're sinking, too.

In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back.