He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Goals doesn't leave you like men, goals wait, they wait for their achievers.

Either you must control your thoughts or the outside forces will control them and be warned that the outside forces usually consist of fears, worries and doubts.

Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?

But alas! Like many another consummation devoutly to be wished, the actual performance was a disappointing one.

I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant.

If you're not in the mood, you can't do that stuff right.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

There comes a time in every life we find the heart we're looking for.

External silence can be the doorway to inner silence.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.