Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.

He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober,Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October;But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow,Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.

John Fletcher, The Bloody Brothe

I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.

Pat Robertson

Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.

Khaled Hosseini

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

E. Stanley Jones

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Benjamin Franklin

The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.

Hayao Miyazaki

We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Jean de la Bruyere

Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough.

Source Unknown

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.

Steven Wright

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

Woodrow Wilson

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

Michael Gove

I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right.

Jeffrey Archer