There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

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.

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.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

The magic had started to degrade, and Rosemary had slowly but surely become thoroughly, gruesomely human. And there were few things worse in this world than humans.

I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.

Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do.

The cross stands high above the opinions of men and to that cross all opinions must come at last for judgment.

There is no reward from God to those who seek it from men.

Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

Once the will is resolved, one's spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thou­sand men.