I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

Spring's greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either.

No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.

Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.

The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

If you really wish to contribute anything worthy to the world

One of the greatest tragedies of life is to work your life away only to realise later that you never really did live

No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped.

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

I sold my house this week. I got a pretty good price for it, but it made my landlord mad as hell

To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.

I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.

Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches.

It's such a drag to make a movie.

Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.