If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Your destiny lies in your hands and can be molded with each passing day by the choices you make

The world is full of alluring, flashy and thrilling experiences, which are illusionary traps — they are paths to nowhere.

We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.

When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross.

Doctinaires are the vultures of principle. They feed upon principle after it is dead.

Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl.

I like being around people.

I love JFK. My mother had been a worker on his campaign and adored him.