It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joy.
Once my wife gave me a wonderful birthday present. She let me win an argument.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.
Vice stirs up war; virtue fights.
There is a potential heroine in every woman.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.
Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.
Enthusiasm signifies God in us.
Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes, To keep one from going nude.
Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Sex is like money; only too much is enough.
Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up.
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.
Nothing should be permanent except struggle with the dark side within ourselves.