This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

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.

Fancies were all very well for a change, but must be only occasional guests in a world devoted to reality.

Life is a wall, you have to climb it by pushing others to climb over and you will be pushed as well. Give a helping hand today.

Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to solve the future.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother.

With love, we rise; with hate, we sink! Always remember this golden law!

It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.