It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.

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.

Creative minds don't follow rules, they follow will.

Been Passionate means knowing who you are and what you really want out of life.

Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don't match how they really are.

Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.

I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.

Why only hate? Where does love remain? Or at least a little decency toward other people?

I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.

For love and beauty and delight, there is no death nor change.

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.