The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.

Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work.

My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when he accepted that call and so we never had much money.

When I choose to smile I become the master of my emotions.

I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.

A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.

Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.

There is sort of a small town mentality on the east coast of Canada.

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.