Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

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 I tell you not to follow me, it ain't because I hate you, kiddo.I just don't want you feel dissapointed...when seeing the truth.

I have found God, but he is insufficient.

Break the teacher certification monopoly so anyone with something valuable to teach can teach it. Nothing is more important than this.

The cross shows the seriousness of our sin—but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

He was so crooked, you could have used his spine for a safety-pin.

I don't run away from the idea of philosophy as seductive. I want the sentences to be prose but intense prose, to show that, like life, thinking is not linear.

Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.

If you know what you want, you can find a way to get it.