Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.

a lot of football success is in the mind. you must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity.

It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very urgent things to tell girls.

I think too many of my Republican friends are into perpetual warfare in the Middle East. And that scares the bejesus out of me.

I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.

A poet sees things in two ways: First, as a child who never saw it before, and Second, as a dying man who will never see it again.

The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart.

You can't live off of just greasy fatty foods and stayin' up till six in the mornin' just partyin'. You gotta take care of yourself.

Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.