There are no perfect people - except, of course, my wife's first husband.
To spur a willing horse.
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
Life is a long lesson in humility.
Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
The first springs of great events, like those of great rivers, are often mean and little.
Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.
The sea hath no king but God alone.
You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.
I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather I believe it indispensible to talent: if for nothing else than to increase the talent.
No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
President Reagan didn't always know what he knew.
A cup that is already full cannot have more added to it. In order to receive the further good to which we are entitled, we must give of that which we have.
This one makes a net, this one stands and wishes. Would you like to make a bet which one gets the fishes?
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself.
Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.
When we're young we want to change the world. When we're old we want to change the young.