Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Your knowledge is revenue to success !!

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say I think that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

If you are ready for mystical experiences, you have them.

I warmly recommend to you the films of poets.

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.

I always joke that I'd like to be a cat 'cause then I'll have nine lives, and then I can do like everything. But that's really hard.