For dear me, why abandon a belief Merely because it ceases to be true

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

The best way out is always through.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

Through knowledge we gain power over our lives. With options we have possibility. With acceptance we find a new freedom.

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

The actual growth in a person's life is the rise in his wisdom and not the raise in his pay or income.

I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.

The generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with religion.

I love writing for myself. I read them [my stories], I cry over them sometimes.

More or less Europe - that's the wrong alternative! What we need is less centralism.

Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.