We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation.

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.

Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.

See, I didn’t turn into a monster. You’re safe here with me, Daisy. I control that part because I don’t allow it like he does.

The world is so different when viewed through the light of God’s Word.

It's just what we love doing. I don't feel like we have some kind of obligation to... It's really just a natural thing.

Knowledge is the ability to love, the ability to feel, the ability to probe the depths and the heights of life. It is the experience of the experiencer, and at the same time, it is beyond that.

It is most important to have time alone. To be alone is not to be alone. It is only possible to truly feel immortality when we are by ourselves.

Property crime is down 40 percent. We just don't want to see it creep back up. We've had 25 years of very good cooperation.

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.

My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.