I come to a world of iron to make a world of gold.

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.

Don't spread negativity, that stuff is contagious and ruins us. The good news is, positivity can also be contagious and it lifts us.

I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being on a page.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.

I own motorized bar stools.

That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.

There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea, Or in the wide desert where no life is found.

If you don't make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your present.