The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

We have to serve ourself many years before we gain our own confidence.

Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance.

Acceptance makes any event put on a new face.

No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.

A stiff attitude is one of the phenomena of rigor mortis.

Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow.

An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were.

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it in place of dust.

If a man hears much that a woman says she is not beautiful.

Disappointments should be cremated not embalmed.

To inspire others, be an example and live by example.

For every principle there is a value

Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment.

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.

We have God's joy in our blood.

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings

Isn't everyone hiding something?

You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create.

Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.

I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.