In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

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.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.

It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.

You three have done quite enough today: all of you and your feckless, treacherous god.

There are, of course, an infinite number of places where one is not, yet only one place where one actually is.

Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation.

It's the wanting to know that makes us matter.

If you’re not hearing the music of the gospel in your home, please remember these two words: keep practicing.