If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care.

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully.

I'm a concert pianist. That's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.

Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private.

The fewer limitations the artist imposes on his work, the less chance he has for artistic success.

If you can put the question, 'Am I or am I not responsible for my acts?' then you are responsible.

War was my university. Everything has proceeded from there.

You planning top kill me with a Wiffle bat?" [Carson asked] "Yeah." "Why?" he asked. The bat was shaking in my tight grip. "Because I don't have my Minnie Mouse pillow.

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.'

It is not your part to guide or supervise the creative process. All you have to do with that is retain your vision, stick to your purpose, and maintain your faith and gratitude.