There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.

Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he's had more books written about him than any writer since Byron!

I never photograph sunsets and I never photograph moonrises. I'm not interested in what things look like.

To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.

I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.

Why Christians do what they do is just as important as what they do. Bad motives ruin good acts.

You got one life, never use it just to breathe.

I dropped out of Reed College [Portland, Oregon] after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

Kathy Burgess describes [Hillary] Clinton as fun and an all-around great person but admits it doesn't come through well.