To me there is no more tragic sight than the average missionary. We have given so much, yet not the one thing that counts; we aspire so high, and fall so low; we suffer so much, but so seldom with Christ; we have done so much and so little will remain; we have known Christ in part, and have so effectively barricaded our hearts against His mighty love, which surely He must yearn to give His disciples above all people.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Voltaire

It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships.

Jonathan Anthony Burkett

I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

William J. Clinton

Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.

Mario Batali

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.

Clare Boothe Luce

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?

Frank Moore Colby, The Colby Ess

My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.

John Barrymore

This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.

Eric Allman

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

David Herbert Lawrence

I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare and remnants of the pro-business moderates.

Eliot Spitzer

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

Bishop Robert South