Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

He who would be singular in his apparel had need have something superlative to balance that affectation.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

It isn't a weakness to accept kindness. It isn't a weakness to allow yourself to be cared for.

Follow your dreams with determination and conviction until they become true.

Step-parents, those fairy tale villains, Have been given a bad name.They're easy targets.When the family goes awryHow easy to blame them.I was blessed by the right steps...

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

What's poetry? It's not real but maybe it's more than real. It's dreaming while you're awake.

The real truth of that is that much as you want to believe that it's you being on top of everything, you're actually relying massively on the people around you.

Cartoonist Walt Disney has made the twentieth century's only important contribution to music. Disney has made use of music as language.

Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrow.

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.