I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Christmas and Thanksgiving are the two days of the year where we know the spurs are going to stay off the boots because the family doesn't have to work. It's such a nice - and rare - treat!

I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Love is a friendship set to music.

New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

Work alone is noble.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.

The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.