The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

Spring's greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either.

No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.

Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

The poet is much more the one who inspires, than the one who is inspired.

Attitude shapes reality.

I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were.

If you have life, you have purpose.

Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.

I love stories that frame that: This is what life is about - you don't have a clue.

I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker.

Hardened terrorists are coming here to hit us hard if we don't hit them first.

We don't have anything planned, so nothing can go wrong.