I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

Most smiles are started by another smile.

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

We didn't actually overspend our budget. The health Commission allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.

A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.

There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.

When in doubt wear red.

As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.

If you've got talent, stick with it... because talent wins out, without a doubt.

That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion.

You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and cause you to sort of doubt yourself.

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand.

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees.