Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.

The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible

Lovely sight, the Apocalypse! But absurdity, without limits? No Sir! there have to be certain limits...

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

How near to good is what is fair!

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

We are killing - absolutely killing our energy business in America.

Your will cannot always choose the path; very often the route is determined by chance or by the will of others.

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

Where are the flamboyant characters?! This is what America desperately needs right now! Flamboyant intellectual characters who can cut different ways. And, that's just what I'm missing.

Imagine! People are not volunteering to go to foreign countries and die the way they used to! Imagine that!