Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.

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.

If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.

Every man carries his own past with him, " Hayt said.

The forecast iswe kiss goodbye and never helloall kisses are then parting kisses

Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time.

No matter the severity of suffering we experience in this life, it will always be less that what we have deserved for our sins

I need eclectic people in my life.

An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better.

None of us can afford to pay the price of resenting...because of what it does to us.

Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.