Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.

I am a tough guy.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

Undoubtedly, the U.S. harbors leading international terrorists, people described by the F.B.I. and the Justice Department as leading terrorists, like Orlando Bosch, now Posada Carriles, not to speak of those who actually implement state terrorism.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

What’s so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We’re just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.

Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?… It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I’m not ashamed of anything.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

I have good days and bad days.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

We believe that every single child has boundless promise, no matter who they are, where they come from, or how much money their parents have. We’ve got to remember that. We believe that each of these young people is a vital part of the great American story.

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

I’m asking myself, ‚What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do we want for them?‘ Well, to start with, I think we want someone who is a unifying force in this country: someone who sees our differences not as a threat, but as a blessing.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.

At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn’t matter. You said, ‚That’s an American‘ because there’s a readiness to smile and to talk to people.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don’t have names for what they are or haven’t identified them all. We can’t pinpoint exactly what makes each city’s people unique yet.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

Peace begins with a smile.

Honolulu is a melting pot.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

When America stopped importing from China, China stopped importing from the rest of the world. This affects Asian countries as well as Australia, Brazil, and other suppliers of raw materials.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States – and war is what they got.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

The connectivity declaration is about uniting the whole industry – a lot of companies that typically compete very fiercely – to push in a coherent direction.

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.