It's the plugging away that will win you the day So don't be a piker old pard! Just draw on your grit it's so easy to quit- It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

We Live and we Learn but we don't always Laugh.

Her heart kicked hard against her ribs, seized by a terrible fear that refused to let go no matter how hard she pushed.

For every mistake is a lesson and for every lesson learned is victory.

I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.

It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while.

It is better to understand a part of truth and apply it to our lives than to understand nothing at all and flounder helplessly in a vain attempt to pierce the mystery of existence.

Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized.

The prayer of the saints is never self-important, but always God-important.

I'm the person who stops and gives any homeless person any money that they want.

In my entire time in Washington, I treated everyone with respect, with civility.