I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

When others fail to celebrate you, celebrate your own achievements.

The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace.

The ego camouflages itself like a fox born and raised in a hen house. Its only worry is that you fail to notice its presence every so often and start acting without fear

Remember, however bad thingsmight be right now, this momentwill pass and your life will continueto be a good one.

For it must be very lonely being dead.

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age.

The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake.

There is no point in retaining a brand equity if it has no traction with consumers, or has no likelihood of doing so.

We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.