Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

If you deserve it, go get it.

I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.

We can’t equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.

While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

I went through a lot of battles in high school.

If you will do what God tells you to do, there’s no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

When I get on a roll with something, it’s really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

I’ve done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price – which has been the case most of the time.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

Revolutions go not backward.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

We are not actually equal – humanity – if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We’ll adapt, we’ll train, we’ll advise, we’ll mentor, and we’ll fight, and we’ll fight well.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

I’m not a good storm-outer… because I forget stuff.

I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

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

I like to work and am a focused person.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it’s quite difficult to put the lap together.

People have this capacity within them to set the world straight.

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know. There’s no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn’t have to define you. It doesn’t have to limit you.

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

Now I do whatever I want.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Our goal in the ’70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women: policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.