All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Once you label me you negate me.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

The day of individual happiness has passed

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.