Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

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

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

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.

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.

To survive the daily bumps and bruises that come with living our lives, we all need a gentle and loving home both within and outside of ourselves.

Love, friendship, laughter... Some of the best things in life really are free.

I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it.

The Rapture: The ultimate Republican back-up plan.

My grandfather is great. He's a great grandfather.

I watch every 'Real Housewives' franchise there is.

Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.

Spider-Man is such a whiny loser.

The memory is like orbiting twin stars, one visible, one dark, the trajectory of what's evident forever affected by the gravity of what's concealed.