I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.

To a thrifty theologian, bent on redemption with economy, there are few points of ethics too fine-spun for splitting.

To learn is to change.

very few people change after well say seven or seventeen. Not really. They get more this or more that and of course look a bit different. But inside they are the same.

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it's a lifetime's preoccupation.

A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.

Nobody wanted your dance, Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering Drowning life and your effort to save yourself, Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil, Looking for something to give.

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.