Every child must have chores to do. It gives them dignity in work and the joy of labor.

A man, well, he'll walk right into Hell with both eyes open. But even the devil can't fool a dog.

If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.

Ne'er look for the birds of this year in the nests of the last.

I have the grace of providence to be poor.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Whoever thinks much and to good purpose easily forgets his own experiences, but not the thoughts which these experiences have called forth.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

I took my fear to literal heights and went skydiving over a year ago. It was in that moment, gazing over the precipice of the plane, when I realized what scared me the most, the unknown.

Once the return tide starts, it will be impossible to stem it, and it will prove our undoing.

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

Maybe it's just the morning light, but he looks pretty cool standing there with his sword.

I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather do I fear to lose truth by this pretension to possess it already wholly.