Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page, they are no longer even history.

The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology's potential is only in part realized, and most people are starving.

It's their skins I'm peeling," she said. "The skins of the insipid scribblers, which I graft to the page, creating monsters of meaninglessness.

I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove.

When we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive?

No one can upset you, unless you give them permission.

When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.

You can't just pay attention to the short term, you just have to keep publishing.

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'

Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.