Negative attitudes bring negative results.

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.

Don't dodge difficulties; meet them, greet them, beat them. All great men have been through the wringer.

Few of us know what we are capable of doing... we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out. Alfred

We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.

Great persons are great because of good, strong foundations on which they were able to build a character.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former

Why, the club was just the quietest place in the world, a place where a woman could run in to brush her hair and wash her hands, and change her library book, and have a cup of tea.

Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.

Clean living keeps me in shape. Righteous thoughts are my secret. And New Orleans home cooking.

Most voters would rather have their purse or wallet stolen than be audited by the IRS.

My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

Joy never feasts so high as when the first course is of misery.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

There can be no joy in living without joy in work.