It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

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.

Don’t Freeze! Surrender to the Breeze like the Trees!

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.

The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

I'll be honest with you: love is not always what we think it is. It is a roller coaster ride going through this, and it's beautiful at the same time.

The happiest time of my life is now.

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.

God uses our conscience. He knows we can only start over when we are not condemning ourselves anymore.

If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.