I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the physical realm is within the field of possibility.
The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.
Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you're going to finish.
Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees.
I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must be a giant- must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause- if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.
If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the skin at all, and the only thing that remained was the memory of how painful it had been.
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.
The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do.
Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.
There is a stage with people we love when we are no longer separate from them, but so close in sympathy that we live through them as directly as through ourselves. . . . we push back our hair because theirs is in their eyes.
That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.
Thought is the seed of action.
In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.