What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.
Do not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men's souls.
The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others—indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!
Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals
How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?
Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.
To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her comes the responsibility and opportunity of molding the nation's citizens.
The Chinese people will be busy with their own affairs for generations to come and there is no need at all for the country to threaten anybody or any nation.
I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city.
Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won’t it? The private core will always be. . . hermetic, won’t it?
As a man, if you got a problem with somebody, you sit down face to face and you talk to them eye to eye. And you hash it out and move on.