Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

If you don’t leave your job, your job will leave you someday

True expectations never ever go unnoticed. So expect happiness and expect abundance.

The thing that's fun about the 'Housewives' is talking to your friends about it.

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

I'm a Christian girl. I pray every night and before meals and before I go on stage not to fall.

My son, Rob....said the only time he ever wraps a gift is, quote, "if it's such a poor gift that I don't want to be there when the person opens it."

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

I'm not such a public person.