I ain't never seen no head so level that it could bear the lettin' in of politics.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Sarcasm is the language of people whose emotions are dying.

When you build a wall to protect yourself against one person be warned--everyone is now out there except for you.

The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.

It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar.

People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I’m writing about.

Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.

If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will— even if it’s not immediately obvious.

We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought.