I was on the whole considerably discouraged by my school days... It is not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the very beginning of the race.

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.

In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away.

Be transparent. Let's build a community that allows hard questions and honest conversations so we can stir up transformation in one another.

Skill + hard work = SuccessSkill + hard work + prayer = Great success

Because I might not always have you but I'll have the feeling of you for the rest of my life

I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music.

The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart.

You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different.

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

People in communion liberate each other.

Sit the comedy out, and that done, when the Play's at an end, let the Curtain fall down.