A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.