Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

In politics no permanent friends, no permanent enemies but permanent interest.

WHILE THE WORLD'S ASLEEP, ANGELS REFUSE TO SLEEP!

When all men give to all others all the rights they claim for themselves, this world will be civilized.

I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things, and the international adoption rate just since her has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable.

Life's hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person.

Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is seen in me.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.

It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.