Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

America is a consumer culture, and when we change what we buy - and how we buy it - we'll change who we are.

Four personalities are bound to clash.

The important thing is to keep trying

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary... to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

I'm protective of the reputation of Christ and the church.

We have zero strategic thinking out of our White House. And we have a national security structure that has lost its way when it comes to strategic thinking and strategic decision-making.

Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least it marks the spot where the bridge might be built.

In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious

If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.