It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

The fog is clearing

Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

Our first and immutable commitment must be to the security of Israel, our only true ally in the Middle East and the only democracy.

As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.

Phoenix was a tougher record, a little more commercially accessible record.

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.

I did not and do not think of the solidity-liquidity conundrum as a dichotomy; I view those two conditions as a couple locked, inseparably, in a dialectical bond.