It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Destiny is defined by your choices, decisions, and determination.

Sometimes others narcissism will take place of your happiness. Don’t let it happen.

Make doing your best a habit, and you’ll never know not doing your best.

The best things in life are things you have to fight for.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

As I mentioned previously, the tools that allow for optimum health are diet and exercise.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly. “Preferably with my car.

I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.

Whoever eats anything at a wedding luncheon? They make the food out of papier mache. My salad had been used four or five times this week.