In war as in life it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed to take up the best alternative open and if so it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

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.

I prefer male enemies to female ones

Why dwell on negative thoughts? When you can think positively.

It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.

the paradox of human ignorance is the most intriguing paradox of nature

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

If you change your attitude you will change how you see the world and discover the potential it has simply through opening up your eyes to C Differently

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.

In any survival situation, you need to weigh the risk and the reward.

I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.