Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

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

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?

Imagine being killed by a bow and arrow. That would suck, an arrow killed you? They would never solve the crime. 'Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I'd never even thought about killing myself.

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

Time is the best killer.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...