I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Jill showed friend Kay the cute white mice.They liked to run races for cheese.Mice were lots of fun to play with.Jill said, "Take Poopsie, the male one, please!

Every organization should strive to achieve the 3 Rs of Business: Everyone doing the Right things, Doing them Right, and at the Right time.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

I am only a spark: Make me a fire.

Unified party control of the organs of government has proved no panacea.

Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.

I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.

I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others.

I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.

If it moves, privatize it, if it doesn't move, privatize it; since everything either moves or doesn't move, privatize everything.