Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.

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.

Your approach and response to issues will determine how people will relate and deal with you per time.

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

There's a fine line between forgiveness and denial.

The only working model of socialism I have ever seen is in an elementary school classroom.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

When we live with a memory we live with a corpse; the impact of the experience has changed us once but can never change us again.

I wish to emphasize that there are no secrets to golf.

She could not trust herself to hope—but without hope, she realized, she had no reason to go on.

I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.

It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.