somewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time .

When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you’ll be successful.

I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

There is no substitute for Hard Work.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.

When we are unable to shine that natural light within, it burns us from our very core.

I always said a good despotism was the best form of government

Im really good at writing almost hits.

The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.

The way our brain is wired up we only see what we believe is possible.

I was a Catholic boy, redeemed through pain, not through joy.

I just think the American people had better understand what's going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what [Russians] are!

It was a phenomenon I noticed many years ago. Young people were just giving up every bit of information about themselves they could.

You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.