Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.

Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.

There is no failure except the failure of trying.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.