A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.

So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.

Isabel had gone silent in a way that shouted the silence to me.

No matter how long a shallow foundation supports a luxuriant structure, it will always collapse back to its thin rank, flouting out emotions.

You can't please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don't care about Wayne Newton's demographics. When I do, I'll know that it's time to quit.

We need more science, but what we especially need is science fiction.

The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I lose hope when the desire for life awakens within me; but I regain it whenever the longing for death comes upon me.

You think you're an artist; prove it