The practice of perseverance is the discipline of the noblest virtues. To run well, we must run to the end. It is not the fighting but the' conquering that gives a hero his title to renown.

Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.

True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring.

The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom.

He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.

Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most invigorating in their use and inestimable in their worth.

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.

Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.

The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

Rock 'n' roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off

If we can't, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread.

When people ask me what my religion is, I say it's the Arsenal.

It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.

I don't believe for a minute that women really want to be understood by men.

I'll joke all day, but once I get in the gym, I'm going to work hard.

He who humbles himself wants to be exalted.

Oh that moment when Daniel thought he’d lost her to Cam’s starshot! His wings hat felt too heavy to lift. Colder than death. In that instant , he’d given up all hope.

Where we really effect change, in terms of creating a passionate work force, is by listening to kids early.

Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same sense that I am a better novelist than William Shakespeare.