Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.

For adventure is not outside a man it is within.

Contentment and indeed usefulness comes as the infallible result of great acceptances great humilities-of not trying to conform to some dramatized version of ourselves.

What is more enthralling to the human mind than this splendid boundless colored mutability!-Life in the making?

We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.

Of all the people in the world those who want the most are those who have the most.

No real friendship is ever made without an initial clashing which discloses the metal of each to each.

Happiness ... loves to see men work. She loves sweat weariness self-sacrifice. She will not be found in the palaces but lurking in cornfields and factories and hovering over littered desks.

We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring.

A life uncommanded now is uncom-manded a life unenjoyed now is unenjoyed a life not lived wisely now is not lived wisely.

Criticizing is easy, performing is difficult.

There were differences between memories and dreams. He had only dreams of things he had wanted to do, while Lespere had memories of things done and accomplished.

The best beauty treatment of all is time spent quietly before the Lord.

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

Even as a child, even as my blood-past was drained from me, I understood that if I were strong enough to accept it, I was being offered a second history.

Runners are the ultimate celebration people. Running is just so intense, you're really experiencing life to the fullest.

Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don't think so much about it. Just make something interesting.

Mandela? He lasted 27 years in prison but he never could've done 30.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.