Everybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do.

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life—and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.

Everything I've ever dreamed of, everything in my wildest dreams, is coming true.

I had to travel half way across the world to be called an American.

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.

Every hero must have the courage to be alone, to take the journey for himself.

O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams, if we have the courage to challenge convention.