The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.

No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.

Ed Koch

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.

Abraham Lincoln

This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.

Scott Reed

But basilicas of the greatest dignity and beauty may also be constructed in the style of that one which I erected, and the building of which I superintended at Fano.

Vitruvius

Substitute 'd--n' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Mark Twain

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Thomas Hardy

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

Ronald Reagan

There are no limits, love, there are no limits.

Graham Kennedy

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.

Wayne Gretzky

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

George Farquhar