A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

The best way out is always through.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real

The power of turning your life around lays in your ability to unleash your personal powers to accomplish it”.

Until further notice, celebrate everything.

You just can't live that negative way. You know what I mean. Make way for the positive day. Cause it's a new day.

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.

On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it.

Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political tool, so is the absence of censorship.

There's nothing more oily and cynical in politics than telling the truth.

I've been going to China every year now for more than a decade.