Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

One can have a wit, but not a witless

Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.

People make the mistake of talking about 'natural laws.' There are no natural laws. There are only temporary habits of nature.

For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.

Whether it's from the books or the films, there are some people that will have a very fixed idea in their head. You're not going to match that. At a certain point, you have to accept that.

Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.

The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches.

Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.

The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me.

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection.

Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee.