There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.

The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.

He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.

Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form of self-love.

If you know how a man deals with his money, how he gets it, spends it, keeps it, shares it, you know one of the most important things about him.

Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love.

Always remember that however good you may be, the game is your master.

When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.

Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight.

He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend: Eternity mourns that. 'Tis an ill cure For life's worst ills to have no time to feel them.

Both believers and unbelievers go through temptations

It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and mind.

What the meaning of this period of unemployment is, now.One way to get at that definition is to ask ourselves, “What is this time for?

Nothing is ever enough when what you are looking for isn't what you really want.

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.

Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.

I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way.

The angels love us. And it's their assignment. They are direct, pure emissaries for God.

He who is too well off is always longing for something new.

I definitely have a firm, fixed idea of what compromise is for me.