The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.

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.

I guessed princesses-in-training didn’t wear pants.

The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.

There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.

What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

It is my sense of exclusion from representation that made me want to be a part of figuring out if we could make a difference.

You should have only one intense desire within yourself: Have I become the spirit? Have I achieved my ultimate? Have I risen above the worldly desires?

I got sober when I was 22 years old.

If there's anything you're not happy about-in your relationships, in your health, in your career-make a decision right now about how you're going to change it immediately.