No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.

Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

Moments of prayer intruded on by sloth cannot be made up. We may get experience, but we cannot get back the rich freshness and strength which were wrapped up in those moments.

On earth we have nothing to do with success or results but only with being true to God and for God. Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affection or grief has humanized the soul.

Life like war is a series of mistakes and he is best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.

Only so far as a man believes strongly mightily can he act cheerfully or do anything worth doing.

Never discount good intentions, for good intentions may be all one has to offer. - Eilish in "No-Till" by Basil Pearl.

If you have a very strong will to travel, the road will suddenly appear before you!

If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.

There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.

If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!

So you’ve made a friend. How sad for them.

You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, 'Am I having fun?'

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie.

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.