I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat.

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.

On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.

Ignore the people who advise you patience! There is no time for patience! Those who are patient for many years about anything are mad!

Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does.

I've always enjoyed teen characters, and kids as well. For whatever reason, I seem to have an ability to do it sort of well, and I enjoy doing it.

If you have a question about anything, the answer can be found in a book somewhere in the library.

The dramatist's function is (1) to earn a living for his family and himself and (2) to try to entertain people for a few hours.

The situation of the Salvadorian people is terrible; all their rights are violated. There is a direct violation against the human person, a violation of rights that is endemic in society.

It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines.