We pardon familiar vices.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

I'd been willing to kill for the people I loved for a very long time

Your belief in yourself, is the Secret to Achieving anything you want.

A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

But life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.

It wasn't until 1998 that I ever seriously thought about running for office. And I didn't make up my mind to do that until 1999, and then I ran for the Senate. It was really hard for me.

Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.