The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary.

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.

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Well, I'm stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it.

I have been guilty of wrong thinking.

Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is.

The body is a very low level machine language. The language of the soul, of the mind, is much more evolved.

I'm always proud and pleased when people do my songs. It gives me pleasure that they even attempt them, because a lot of my songs aren't that doable.

I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy them individually, but also the entire book as a whole.

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence

Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms.

The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.