The distance doesn't matter; only the first step is difficult.
A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
The artist has a special task and duty; the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.
He that is overcautious will accomplish little.
What is dangerous about tranquillizers is that whatever peace of mind they bring is packaged peace of mind. Where you buy a pill and buy peace with it, you get conditioned to cheap solutions instead of deep ones.
Happiness ... is achieved only by making others happy.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.
A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory.
It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.
A filly who wants to run will always find a rider.
One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth what one becomes.
It runs in the blood like wooden legs.
Do well and right, and let the world sink.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.