"The fear is simply because you are not living with life, You are living in your mind."

“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”

“I think, that a man never passes the verge of moral humility, till self-righteousness be dethroned, till the high and towering imaginations of the man's own righteousness by the law be levelled by the mighty weapons of the gospel, and he brought to submit to the righteousness of God for justification, which is, in the gospel revealed 'from faith to faith.'”

Source : Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser (1836). “The Whole Works of the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, Minister of the Gospel at Stirling: Consisting of Sermons and Discourses, on Important and Interesting Subjects. To which is Added, an Enlarged Memoir of the Author, by D. Fraser”, p.166

“Without challenges, the human body will soften. We thrive when we push our boundaries, reach goals, and blast personal records. We perform better, we look better, and we feel alive.”

“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.”

Source : Walter Isaacson (2011). “Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein”, p.414, Simon and Schuster

“George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!”

“When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee clause or a marketing clause.”

“It takes people a while to trust you.”

“Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.”