The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

When you love God for real, you will love His creation

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.

I don't go out and play football and stuff - that's not me. I want to think, I want to build, I want to talk, I want to create.

Grandma once told me it's easy to overthink love, to dissect it and question it until it is no more.

Love the calling you have, not the one you wish you had.

Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.

The absolute necessity to create a proper Earth government' - we should inscribe this as the priority item on the agenda of world affairs.

As loud voices argue on, let us remember that those who advocate abortion have already been born!

Monogamy is the true path to happiness.