Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

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.

He is my thunderstorm, the lighting coursing through my veins. I am his hurricane, his colorful bow of rain.

One can never rack up his goals mere through hard-work, there is a thing in this world which is known as self-confidence.

A day with a sage will save you a thousand of study.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter.

I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.

People don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor.

You really need a renewed commitment for the direct investment of jobs at the bottom.

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.