We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

History is written by the victors.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

You cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you also understand the most amusing.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

I have always felt that a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?

All I can say is that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

If you destroy a free market you create a black market.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to escape; if you do that, you will double the danger.

All wisdom is not new wisdom.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

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

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

It is not in our power to anticipate our destiny.

To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

Everyone has his day, and some days last longer than others.

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

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

Harsh laws are at times better than no laws at all.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Vengeance is the most costly and dissipating of luxuries.

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

We shall never surrender.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Time and money are largely interchangeable terms.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Never, never, never give up.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.