We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as work, family and country such as the individual, honor and religion.

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.

give space to time, and time will fill space.

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high.

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.

There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell dwells within myself.

Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.

By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.

I have mark'd A thousand blushing apparitions To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames In angel whiteness beat away those blushes. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 1.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like a conspiracy.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.