Courage is the greatest virtue because it guarantees all the rest.

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.

All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.

Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.

There's a fierceness about life that calls for a fierceness to not anxiously solve it but to allow it to transform you.

There is little novelty in the detective who cannot solve himself.

Steve Jobs and Apple taught us that profit is not the ultimate goal, but rather a consequence of something greater.

Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'.

War is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings.

The National is the most advanced package of technological wonders yet assembled under one roof.

Take what you want, and pay for it.

God has not forgotten To give us peace. He is just waiting for us To ask for it.