The greatest mystery of all is the human heart.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

The great appear great to us.

The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars

In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

I was on a strict diet to stay in shape for 'Jack Reacher, ' but each day on set in New Orleans, catering dropped off delicious food at my trailer.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.

But if I didn't read, I'd think, and thinking, when you come down to it, is the most painful thing of all, and the most monopolizing

When you can't afford to hire the best, you hire the young who are going to be the best.

Loneliness is a darkness of the soul

Good people in the West have often failed to distinguish between Islam and Islamism.

You don't teach information in a writing workshop.