"By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible."

"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"The best armor is to keep out of range."

"One may have good eyes and yet see nothing."

"Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out."

"He who begins many things finishes but few."

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared."

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat."

"Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents."

"If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport."

"An American Monkey after getting drunk on Brandy would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."