The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

It's cloaked in cultural mumbo jumbo, but I assure you that it is very hard science.

Respect is not an obligation nor a favour, it takes a bigger person to give or show some whether it is returned or not.

As well as writing, 2004 saw my first attempt at wine making: the elixir of life. Unfortunately, my effort tasted more like the elixir of death.

The door to success may be a few steps away but you still have to walktowards it.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.

Heck, I drank no more than John Wayne or Ward Bond or Spencer Tracy or Alan Ladd or Robert Walker. But it got me into a lot more trouble.

I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period.

Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail To find some reason why the poor deserve Their miseries.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.