The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

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.

If you're expecting an upside in everything you do you might get extremely disappointed unless you also think about the consequences of a downside first.

The shadow of the passions of the moment transversed this grand and gentle spirit occupied with eternal things.

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?

Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we suffer. . . Turn everything to profit as the grocer does in his shop.

It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

It's a big dream for me to go home with two gold medals. It's not very easy as it looks like.

Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges.

Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.

What I love about my daughter is that she is going to definitely allow me and force me to change my life and slow down and make it more about the real things in the world.