Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree

Tell you what I like the best - 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the vine, - some afternoon Like to jes' git out and rest, And not work at nothin' else!

I love the horse from hoof to head. From head to hoof and tail to mane. I love the horse as I have said - From head to hoof and back again.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

There is no greater love than a maker’s for the things she makes. Especially when they grow to be something she never imagined.

Time: no start no end, the most powerful force in nature, killing more people than 100 atomic bombs, generating thoughts & ideas. Devil&Good

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life... When you stop moving, you're done.

Truth emerges from the clash of adverse ideas.

Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and door will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

I never did any sports at school. It wasn't until I moved to America, to New York, when I was about 20 that I actually thought that if I wanted to be an actress I might have to start working out.

The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which defends all faiths.