If you are going to go through hell, keep going

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.

As humans, we should be able to answer the question: “What do you do with your time?

My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

When you see persons slip down on the ice, do not laugh at them. ... It is more feminine on witnessing such a sight, to utter an involuntary scream than a shout of laughter.

Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned.

I'm 37, I'm pretty fit and feel I have another eight years left - which means there's 32 Majors still to go at.

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

Sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You'd be surprised.

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.