The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift, That no philosophy can lift.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and have a little hope. The Tour isn't just a bike race, it tests you mentally, physically, and even morally. -Lance Armstrong.

It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.

For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and association of latent causes, which have been long before predestined.

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return to my body when they scatter?

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.

When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.

A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.

When I dream, I am ageless.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.

Life is short but a smile takes barely a second.