The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

Wisdom is the closest to foolishness, a person can become so wise it leads him to become foolish.

A good book will surely become an event in your life.

We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile).

Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.

Seattle was built out on pilings over the sea, and at high tide the whole city seemed to come afloat like a ship lifting free from a mud berth and swaying in its chains.

In politics, there are no friends.

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

in the caves of my heart, where pain taps out its rhythms and sorrow sets its loss, i am without direction.

Everything is soul and flowering.