Who shall contend with time,--unvanquished time, the conqueror of conquerors and lord of desolation?

Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a delightful solace.

Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.

To wind the mighty secrets of the past, And turn the key of time.

The past is dead, and has no resurrection.

We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us ... by this we find many opportunities of teaching them important truths, almost without knowing.

Goodness, Time's rude hand defies, And winter lives when beauty dies.

I, a Laconian dog, can bite again: Yes, I can make the Daunian tiger flee, Much more a bragging, foul-mouth'd whelp like thee.

So, on the eastern summit, clad in gray, morn, like a horseman girt for travel, comes, and from his tower of mist night's watchman hurries down.

And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.

Christianity is not a mere set of opinions to be embraced by understanding. It is the work of the heart as well as the head.

I am happy and content because I think I am.

You know what, the moment I see you, first thing that comes to my mind is, I have just wasted 26 years of my life without you...

In bringing dreams into fulfillment, your potential and extraordinary personality must be revealed

Think about how far you have come, and how far that you desire to go, and then say to yourself with full conviction, 'It's very possible with God on my side.

You have to do everything possible to win no matter what.

A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.

It's the reality of our business.

Consider that we shouldn't call our brother a fool, since we don't know ourselves what we are.

There is no poverty in life when you have a loving, peaceful, happy family. They are a gift which cannot be bought nor traded for gold.

I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race, and even then it's good, positive pressure.