Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.

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.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

Chrysler builds great cars.

The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.

I've got such a disgusting, wide, smug grin on my face all the time that my friends just want to slap me. I've never been so happy.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

A professional is one who believes he has invented breathing.

We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.

When you truly love yourself, you don't have enemies. They may hate you but you're too big to hate them back.

How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.