Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present.

Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.

You are so . . . odd." "I shall take that as a compliment." -Thor to No'One

Every father was his own man. He did what he wanted. If your mother went shopping, your father never went with her.

The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing.

I'm fifty years ahead of my time.

the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.

Get some money, buy a red coffeepot, move out. Find a new place to plug it in.

I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.

Radiate an energy of serenity and peace so that you have an uplifting effect on those you come into contact with.