To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‚why?‘ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‚why not?‘

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

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.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

We’re not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

It has not yet become obvious to me that there’s no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

The die is cast.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when decisions are being made so that the right decisions will be made.

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I’m a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself – all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

I don’t want to spend money the club doesn’t have; I don’t want to hold a player that doesn’t want to stay.

Let’s just be smart this time. I’m looking for smart.

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

A President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

In any decision for action, when you have to make up your mind what to do, there is always a ‚should‘ involved, and this cannot be worked out from, ‚If I do this, what will happen?‘ alone.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

I started in action, and then I went to comedy school.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

If I don’t run for president, we’ll all be OK.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

For my career, I wouldn’t go racing if I didn’t enjoy it. I still need to have my say, and not just get put with a team and get told to deal with it.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next.