When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.