The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

There is a pleasure unknown to the landsman in reading at sea.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends in disaster.

The worst defeat of all is to surrender without having been defeated. And it is Christmas that obliterates both.

The more inhuman we became the more we understood each other as humans.

The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice.

You've only got one life and you have to live it. Take every single lesson as a learning one.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

I'm what you'd call a regular guy with a big job.

How can we hope to retain our freedom through the generations if we fail to teach our young that our liberty springs from an abiding faith in our Creator?

If I was playing Carrie, I might have done differently but I felt like as my character. I mean, I'm definitely bringing myself to the role but I wanted to pay homage. I hope I did. We'll see.

I think I write more outspoken than the average rapper.

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