One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

We were born of God to influence the standards of the world

Sure, I'd like a child of my own. I'd also like a laser pistol, that doesn't mean someone should give me one.

Yeah, I am crazy. Ok. May be I am. But I prefer to be crazy than being a dummy.

The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

Most of the utopian community ideas actually are religious. They're based more on the idea of the monastery than the commune.

Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.

The only one who can make you give up is yourself.