Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

What's done can't be undone.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

A friend to all is a friend to none

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.