A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.

Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone’s life.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires.

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that’s the law.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

For ‚Hercules,‘ I went for the demigod look: big and mean. When you’re playing a character like the son of Zeus, you only get one shot.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

This is not a showman’s job. I will not step out of character.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don’t have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don’t know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don’t know how much I pay in taxes.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

Words may show a man’s wit but actions his meaning.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.

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.

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

If you’ve lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can’t help you become rich.

Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Within one’s own family, money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme kind of monster would put a price on everything.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

I’ve said this time and again: My greatest concern coming into the White House was making sure my girls came out whole and normal, and decent and kind, just like I would expect them to if we were living on the South Side of Chicago. And it takes work to keep White House life normal for the kids.

Obama’s primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

I’m for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.

It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

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

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.