The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal.

Everybody stumbles across a golden opportunity at least once in a lifetime. Unfortunately most people just pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and walk away from it.

We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad