What is really important is what you learn after thinking you know it all.

Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete

The only things we keep permanently are those we give away.

Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do no recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.

Many people think they could do much better if they only had the opportunity that they don’t realize they already have.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

If a writer is not an opponent of the government, he cannot be called as a writer, but just a disreputable lickspittle!

I'll love you forever. EvenEven when i can't.

Way over yonder is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream.

I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.

We call that runnin' through the okra patch.

A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.

The only right reason to be an entrepreneur is to change the world.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.