The greatness of action includes immoral as well as moral greatness--Cortes and Napoleon, as well as Luther and Washington.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

You are only Half Happy unless you love them both equally: Friday & Monday!

When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.

The cards are no good that your are holding unless you're from another world.

How can a man learn navigation Where there's no rudder?

Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.

I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.

Do not measure God's mind by your own.

Liberals and conservatives are opponents in the most literal sense, each using the myth of pure evil to demonize the other side and unite there own.

Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.