I am rooted, but I flow.
No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.
Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.
Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.
The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire world. The Declaration of Independence declared that people can govern themselves, that they can live in freedom with equal rights, that they can respect the rights of others.
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.
I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.
My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.
There is no life without work, anxieties or tensions. Peace is not found in avoiding these but in understanding them and controlling their force.
The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.
And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain, My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and evr'y highway And more, much more than this, I did it my way.
I don't live in the present, I Am The Present.
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Life is like an EKG. Without the ups and downs, you're not living.
All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.
Don't try to make me consistent. I am learning all the time.
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
Work is love made visible.
