It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.

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.

But, though all our knowledge begins with experience, it by no means follows that all arises out of experience.

A country where a devil is sitting at the throne turns into a real hell!

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

You cannot avoid mortality. But you can choose your way of meeting it. And that is the most that any man can hope for.

My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come to New York.

To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay."

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.

Can you envision a world without men? No wrongdoing and bunches of euphoric, fat women.