These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

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.

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

There is no salvation anywhere. The idea of salvation implies the idea of an absolute.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

For many people - from secular feminists to observant Jews - the notion of a feminist Judaism is an oxymoron.

A winner must first know what losing's like.

When I was growing up in the 50s it wasn't quite the same. Fathers were more protective and now they see all of the possibilities for their daughters.

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.