Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Enjoy the present hour Be thankful for the past And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.

You can't be an American without being related to other Americans.

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.

For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]

I've actually tasted the beer; it's quite nice. It's called Samuel Smith, which is my actual name. It's good beer. Maybe that's my favorite.

The author creates a book and the people accept or not accept it. The creator of a book is an author and the creator of it's fate are people.