You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you’re behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated, but not signed.

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.

We write to taste life twice: in the moment and in retrospection.

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.