Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

Take God’s presence to people and they will follow to the source of life- to God himself

So why do we call her crazy for piling her trailer full of more cats than she could take care of but applaud when somebody accumulates more money than they can spend? They're both hoarders.

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

The Painter must leave the beholder something to guess.

Time and space cannot play any part between two loving hearts.

People assume that I came back to Washington because of the Post, but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.

Sometimes when I'm healthier on a big day, I feel better about myself.

Whatever is not stone is light

The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.