Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril.

A friend is someone, who upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer.

The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.

Teach me, O Lord, to glory in my cross. Teach me the value of my thorns. Show me how I have climbed to You through my path of pain. Show me that it is through my tears that I have seen rainbows.

Since defeat in the Struggle must always be envisaged, the preparation of one's own successors is as important as what one does for victory.

The cavalries charged and the Indians died, oh the country was young with God on its side.

You hold in your hands the happiness of more people than you can imagine.

Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.

I'm the type of person that likes to give people a hard time, and I enjoy doing little pranks. If I see someone getting a little aroused I have to keep pushing that button.

Roger Ebert was the last mammoth alive who was holding the flag for real movies and moviemakers.