Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.

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.

We search for happiness across every landscape, if only we knew that the seed in which it first grows, is planted within ourselves...

There's nothing more stubborn than a fact. That is why you hate them so much. They offend you.

Your biography becomes your biology.

The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy, Canada is like an intelligent, 35 year old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson.

Music is a wonderful way of getting in touch with the stillness within.

The worst is knowing I can't tell anybody what's happening -or what's happened- to me. Not even my mom.

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.

Trust no one at your back unless you want them to bury a knife in it.’ (Syn)

Life is a collaboration, it's not a solo act.