He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

It is my personal belief that writing cannot be taught.

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

In Japan, organizations and people in the organization are synonymous.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.

Many of the political jokes that circulated in the Third Reich were directed at Goering. He collected them [all] in a large leather notebook and delighted in re-telling most of them to his friends.

Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day, I'm driven to prove them wrong.

People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.

I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain.

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!