“Never, never, never give in!”

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.

It takes more than just desire to make something come true. It takes persistence and perseverance to fulfill a dream.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness.