To improve is to change to be perfect is to change often.

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.

Just do your best, " Mom said. "You can't do any better than your best.

I have found that winning isn't everything, and, in fact, in the relationships I most care about, it isn't anything.

I don't meet the competition, I destroy it.

A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

Charm is getting people to say "yes" without ever having to ask them a question.

Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions.

The ego prevents us from helping ourselves by presenting a false notion of what it really means to help ourselves.

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.

The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.