My self-esteem is not tied to the approval of others.

It's not enough to just do your best. You must continue to improve your best.

The best stories are about a character who has a goal or noble quest and goes through hell to get it. Do you have a goal or quest like that in real life? Why not?

Give a genius enough time and opportunity, and his idiocy will come shining through.

Don’t fear obstacles

Fate and family put me in charge of this city. I will run it my way.

We love our country, not because it is perfect in everything, but it manages to touch our heart despite all its imperfections in everything!

John McDonnell is the Bear Bryant of track and field.

I've always expected the worst, and it's always worse than I expected.

When the temperamental and unconventional people are not mere plagiarists of dead eccentrics, they lack, in almost every case, thehistoric sense.

Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others.

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race, other species might once again have a chance.

The world is a mirror representing the divine life.