To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.

It’s when your plans look dead that God’s resurrection power begins to operate in your life in greater measure

People perceive the divine according to their own biases. That doesn’t make the experience any less real.

There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Why is it that adults are always telling kids to go watch television as though we have nothing better to do?

There is no mythical creatures just creatures man ran in to hiding.

The most satisfying thing in my life and my career is to work with my children.

Few things sound so beautiful as the poetic accent of a Welsh woman.

I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.