To live is to change and to be perfect is to change often.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

Calculation never made a hero.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

Courage does not consist in calculation but in fighting against chances.

Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion on slender evidence.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.

It is as absurd to argue men as to torture them into believing.

Faith is the result of the act of the will following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.

If we are intended for great ends we are called to great hazards.

Best way to learn is by reflecting and emulating.

Being broken isn't the worst thing. We can be mended and put together again. We don’t have to be ashamed of our past. We can embrace the history that gives us value, and see our cracks as beautiful.

No guilt or anger or longing changes that.

I always say, the time you spend with your dog makes the difference in a great dog or a crate dog.

Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himself and permitted to be himself.

In my experience, previously counted chickens never do hatch.

When I say things like 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman,' I'm called a bigot.

I like to try new things.

It's interesting that the worse things get, the more we believe the next technological fix is going to get us out of it. But it's like being in quicksand: the more you struggle the deeper you sink.

The first great work (a task performed by few) Is that yourself may to yourself be true.