A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.

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.

You can balance the unbalance. Once you believe the unbelievable.Then you will always be the best version of yourself.

...but before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself.The one thing that doesn't abide by mojority rule is a person's conscience.

True love is a feeling...which can neither be defined nor described!

Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.

We must use collegiality not to level people down but to bring together their strength and creativity.

I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.

Once you finish the script, it's no longer yours; it's the other people making it, which sometimes can be hard.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.

You can't change a negative situation with bad feelings. If you keep reacting negatively, your bad feelings will magnify and multiply the negativity.