Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first & main characteristic of mankind.

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.

A thought comes into her head: that lately she doesn't ask herself what is possible, but rather what possibilities remain.

When people drink, they talk, and talk is dangerous!

Oh God! If you save me I will work for you.

Sometimes I think I know everything, but I also underestimate what God really is.

[They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.

But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand to know that they all were?

I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a time out from technological progress as we know it.

Very often your attitude about why an accident or illness has happened has an effect on your recuperation.

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.

I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance never was my strong point.