One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.

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 you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

One of the first things I said when I signed on for the show was No hugs! Full House was all based on hugs.

The world is fine. Our place on it is precarious.

Dignity is an anachronism.

All nations agree that ISAF and OEF need to work more closely together, and that when NATO takes over operations throughout the country that there must be unity of command.

But no one ever is allowed in Sleepytown, unless He goes to bed in time to take the Sleepytown Express!

The idea of public reason has to do with how questions should be decided, but it doesn't tell you what are the good reasons or correct decisions.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

You look across this country people are fed up with Washington. This [2016] election was the American people saying, enough already with the corruption in Washington and it's both parties.