It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

Success requires preparation and persistence effort.

I know my curves are sexy and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too. There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.

When you're working with an object, you can put in almost anything you want, you can make it abstract.

We need to build a wall...I don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall...

But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.

We are a nation of 20 million bathrooms, with a humanist in every tub.

I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough!

If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.

The wind smelled clean, like clean magazines. It smelled like invisible ink.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.