When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.
A waiter appeared, and Gus said: Bring coffee for my guests, please, and a plate of ham sandwiches. He deliberately did not ask them what they wanted. He had seen Woodrow Wilson act like this with peo...
Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.
With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then.
When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.
What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.
I could fall for you in a heartbeat
The trouble with being inspired to perform the impossible was that the inspiration gave you no clues to the practical means.
The small boys came early to the hanging.
Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.
I don't think it really matters whether parents are strict or lenient, as long as they're consistent. Kids can live with more or less any set of rules so long as they know what they are. It's arbitrar...
It was said that pilgrims should not spend too much time planning their journey, for they might learn of so many hazards that they would decide not to go.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. ‘I have a dream that one day,...
I’ve worked with volunteers before, he began. It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder t...
A person who breaks a promise diminishes herself. It’s like losing a finger. It’s worse than being paralyzed, which is merely physical. Someone whose promises are worthless has a disabled soul.
In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.
It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.
If you don’t take an interest, then what happens is your fault.
But desperate people find courage.
All birds and men are sure to die but songs may live forever.