Reason is God's gift but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

Calculation never made a hero.

Let us act on what we have since we have not what we wish.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

To live is to change and to be perfect is to change often.

Courage does not consist in calculation but in fighting against chances.

Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion on slender evidence.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.

There are often two sets of goals in life: those that we establish, and those that really matter.

I'm sorry, but nothing 'just happens'. Stuff happens because either we make it happen or we let it.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other.

The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.

Trevor was as menacing as he was gorgeous. If he were a vampire, he'd be the dark kind, the kind that sneaks up on innocent girls and bites without a thought.

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

I don't want to interact with people but I do get lonely.