A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

I want to appeal to everyone. Because I’m not saying I’m the best, but we the best.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

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

As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

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

I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

Don’t swap horses in crossing a stream.

A man makes you feel important – makes you glad you are a woman.

I’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

Encouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

It is always your next move.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that’s all anybody wants to be. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you’ve been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

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

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

I have a self-defense mind. I’ve had it all my life.

Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

We can’t afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

The skin of my character in ‚The Man Who Fell to Earth‘ was some concoction, a spermatozoon of an alien nature that was obscene and weird-looking.

If the critics are right that I’ve made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

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

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

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

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.