What proves the hero truly great,Is never, never to despair.

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

The wailing owl screams solitary to the mournful moon.

O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee.

True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.

It's hard to leave the only place you've known.

The sea was as dark as dreams and as deep as sleep.

Stay alert. The big moral crossroads in your life may not come labeled as such.

When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it.

I wonder why people like to believe I'm high all the time. I guess . . . maybe they think someone else can take their trip for them.

I am not afraid to admit, though slightly ashamed that I Google myself and I see people writing things about me and I get really proud and happy.

Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.