A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.

Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.

Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you.

The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the heart of a woman?

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

I am somebody. I am me. And I don't need anybody to make me somebody.

Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.