I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been

Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of the will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed.

In life and leadership, you will make mistakes—and those around you will make mistakes as well. None of us are perfect.

Once again we discover that everything happened according to God's will, not the scheme of men. Oh, Caiaphas played his part. Unable to rouse the crowd through his words, he did all he could to fan the flames of the worst in human emotion: fear, anger, and cruelty.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world a long journey at a mild season through a pleasant country in easy stages.

A true Master Player plays as thought the game is already in the past, according to a script whose every detail is known prior to the play itself.

I wanted it all to be wonderful for you.' She waited for him to find his own answer to this, which he did with disarming swiftness. 'That's vanity, I suppose. Take pen and ink and write it down. His lordship is in the enjoyment of very low spirits, owing to his inexplicable inability to bend Providence to his own designs.

You had decided to take the action, whatever it was."   "Yes."   "Yes. It involved perhaps a period of inaction."   "Of comparative inaction—yes."   "Of suspense, shall we say?"   "Yes—of suspense, certainly."   "Possibly

The possibility of evil exists from the moment that a creature is made that can love and do good because it chooses and not because it is unable to do anything else. The actuality of evil exists from the moment that that choice is exercised in the wrong direction.

Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.