A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

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.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have. There is a time when a kingdom needs its children.

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think

I used to think you had to live this miserable life and that that would make you funnier, but you don't. The misery will come. The misery will find you.

God is basic Fact. He must not be thought of as a featureless generality. He is the most concrete thing there is.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

I know some in the media think conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. We believe that every American in every community has the right to pursue happiness.

Whenever I sign a garment with my name, I consider myself as the creator of the masterpiece.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.