Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.

Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

We’re seastnan, we live to protect, sometimes we die and I can’t think of a better way to go than fighting for someone I love.

I always looked for someone who can appreciate my feelings, to understand me and above all feel very happy to have my love, it took me years to find you but today I feel happier than ever.

They tell us to count our blessings whilst they count the coffers

Everyone wants to be famous so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

If you're not interested in your work, you're not doing it right.

You need to get out of your comfort zone, return to the Midwest, see some family, and, as cheesy as it sounds, work the land - plant some trees, maybe take up watercolor.

Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.

Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives.