Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.

Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.

Happy?" asked Aquilina, with dreadful look, and a smile full of pity and terror. "Ah, you do not know what it is to be condemned to a life of pleasure.

every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing

...true authority is not based on control - it's based on truth...

There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

"I forgot that's what gets you all hot and bothered, Jace, girls killing things." "I like anyone killing things, especially me." he said with a smile.

I wonder how biology can explain the physical pain you feel in your chest when all you want to do is be with someone.

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.

I like to think of myself as a naturalist - insofar as that term is at all clear.