A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

Live to the point of tears.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

You reach a point where you don't work for money.