Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

An idea is salvation by imagination

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Effective action is always unjust.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.