Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Let your faith be in the Lord Jesus and not in your strength, to fight against ungodliness and injustice in the society.

What are you willing to lay down so you can stand up?

But let that not be the moral of my story. True happiness doesn't come from simply getting married. I don't believe a woman's worth should be measured by whether or not she's married.

Every time I go out and do something, Hans panics and starts trying to beat me. He's like a dog humping your leg.

A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.

I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor.

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.

My son has died of AIDS.

To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship.

I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier.