We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

Follow the advice of those that lead by example, instead of those lost in the norms.

A bear remains a bear - even when most of him has fallen off or worn away.

If Jesus can live in you and you are no different than the world around you, something got short circuited because Jesus makes a difference.

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

You don't grow old. You get old by not growing.

Let us pick up again these lost strands and weave them again into the fabric of America, sort out the music from the sounds and again respond to the trumpet and the steady drum.

I'm going to beat it, ...it's hard...but I plan on being around for a long time to come.

What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn?

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.