“Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.”

“You can't hire someone to practice for you.”

“Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.”

“It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.”

“Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.”

“a wild dedication of yourselves To undiscovered waters, undreamed shores.”

“The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.”

“I rather would entreat thy company; To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardized at home, Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.”