The painter wanders and loiters contentedly from place to place, always on the lookout for some brilliant butterfly of a picture which can be caught and carried safely home.

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.

The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God.

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

Don't worry about things, that you can do better next time. Don't worry about stuff you can't control.

Among all mental diseases that have been systematically inoculated into the human cranium, the religious pest is the most abominable.

Maybe the universe will get tired of me.

Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.

It's incredible to have people show their support when your doing something you love.

Dealing with Greece's problems will be more difficult if Greece is not a member of the eurozone.

To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.

I have wanted to kill myself a million times, but somehow I am still in love with life.