There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Do you have any advice for your readers?Lead the life that’s yours instead of faking someone else’s.

The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.

I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?

That's what humanity is: a series of successes and failures, a testing of one's own nature and aptitude. Neither the body nor the soul can sustain such a state. Eventually it consumes a person

Perhaps God waits for us to be empty, so he may fill us with himself.

I want nothing from love, in short, but love.