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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.'
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing.
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
When Alexander of Macedon was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow is only 27.
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.
It's a natural blessing. Thanks to God. He gave me this ability of being chubby but still being fast and being able to hit hard.
It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.
When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.
We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.
We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil.
He was a great man, my granddad, a very calm, logical and methodical guy. I suppose I'm trying to be more like him as I get older.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.'
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow.
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me more than I could ever love myself.