Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.

There is a season for everything under the sun—even when we can’t see the sun.

If you don’t have a plan for your life, someone else does.

A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used.

We all use the future to escape the present.

We have a system in the hands of bureaucracy. Everything is difficult. Everything is complicated. And my idea is simply give simplicity to Italy.

I know what you need as a female to feel not just comfortable but powerful.

The more you eliminate the inefficient use of information, the better it is for productivity.

One time I went to a hotel. I asked the bellhop to handle my bag. He felt up my wife!

The LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.