If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Knowing is not enough; We must Apply. Willing is not enough; We must Do.

Language is the dress of thought.

Live your own life, for you will die your own death.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

Poverty within is as dangerous as poverty without.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.

The axe soon forgets, but the tree always remembers.

The deepest waters make the least noise.

We all get heavier as we get older because there is a lot more information in our heads.

We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do.

There are no hopeless situations -- only people who are hopeless about them.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

You can outdistance that which is running after you but not what is running inside you.

A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you can't change it, accept it.