Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.
A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’.
Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don’t live in the shadows of people’s judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Now, as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That’s an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service.
I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.
The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways.
There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it.
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
There’s a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
The person who doesn’t scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
To be human is to have a collection of memories that tells you who you are and how you got there.
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective – people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened.
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Don’t compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.
We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
To a liar, the most dangerous individual is the person who catches lies but doesn’t say anything about it. Then the liar isn’t sure which lies are compromised.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
God always strives together with those who strive.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it’s in my basement… let me go upstairs and check.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
A mentor is someone with a willingness to help others, who has a capacity to inspire, a determination to work hard, a clear sense of vision, an inspiring purpose, a deep sense of integrity and an appreciation for joy.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
