A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet - it was a marriage of convenience!

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.