To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Pause while reading a book only in case of two things:1. To kiss2. To sip coffeeToo bad both are a luxury.

The difference between where you are now and where you will get to later defines your range of work which you have to be responsible for.

She grinned at me. 'You got types?' 'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.

Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.

Guild doesn't like me." "That's true." "He doesn't like you, ether." "That is mystifying.

You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.

Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

The energy of the universe is constant.

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?