Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

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.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.

When you lose your job, you gain ownership of your life

There is the strange power we have of changing facts by the force of the imagination.

One of the reasons some people get so angry with me is because I have the space now that a lot of others who think like me don't.

Everything that I do in my life is geared towards my kids and their survival and giving them the best education that I can possibly give them and the best home that I can possibly give them.

I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.

Griefs, at the moment when they change into ideas, lose some of their power to injure our heart.

I'm really intimidated by beautiful people. Beautiful guys, especially.

I think anyone smiling and happy is beautiful.

I got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store.