After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second without hope.

Be the light to show the way to others.

Don’t be quick to get angry.

The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny.

I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.

People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.

When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it.

The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.

Let us see God before man every day.

If you are energy-efficient and water-wise at home, then take all your good habits abroad with you.