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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
Sow an act…reap a habit; Sow a habit…reap a character; Sow a character…reap a destiny.
How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
I am about to put foward some major ideas; they will be heard and pondered. If not all of them please, surely a few will; in some sort, then, I shall have contributed to the progress of our age, and shall be content.
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
I think and think for months and years, ninety-ninety times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.
Males and females have never seemed to fully understand each other. It will probably continue this way, but I think that's part of the magic of it all.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which believe the idea that things cannot be changed.
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
A great many people have come up to me and asked me how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated. My answer is 'Don't you wish you knew?'
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories, those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost.
