A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now...Come further up, come further in!

You're birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar..... Yung No Mo

A celebrity, whatever I am, you get cut off sometimes from people just by circumstance.

Politics and religious leaders [are hindered] by their egotism.

I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.

The thing that makes me feel young, honestly, is making television. It's the only thing that excites me, the way that you get excited when you're a kid. That's why I still do it.

Keep your eye on the prize but enjoy the journey.

The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.