But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

As you cannot do what you wish you should wish what you can do.

I just didn't see films when I was young. I was stupid and naïve. Maybe I wouldn't have made films if I had seen lots of others; maybe it would have stopped me.

When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone.

No one to blame because there is no one other than you. Nothing to disrespect because there is nothing other than you.

Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security.

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

Sometimes I even amaze myself, and sometimes I do things that make me want to punch myself in the face.

My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit