Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.

Every man is his own hell.

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.

The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it’s a major problem, that’s just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it.

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Christmas morning, I’m going to open presents with my kids. I’m going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I’m going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don’t want people to think that ‚Let’s Move‘ is about complete, utter deprivation. It’s about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

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.

I’ve always wanted a baby.

What you put into life is what you get out of it.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

I wish I could say to all those people who consider themselves anarchists or radicals: Please join the nonviolent movement. This is how Gandhi freed India. If Gandhi freed India, we can certainly free the United States from our racism, misogyny, and bigotry.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

My mother, my grandmother, my uncles would play Ethiopian artists like Aster Aweke and Mulatu Astatke all the time in the house.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.

My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.

Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.

I know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it’s not where it begins and ends.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

Freedom is relative.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn’t do to upset one’s own vanity.

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

The way I try to represent my family and coaches, I think all are characteristics the league aspires to portray. That’s just who I am.

I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays… and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

I’m a free spirit.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy – but that could change.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

I wasn’t going to shy away from getting married when I did and having a baby young and starting a family, even with the job that I chose.

We’re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

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

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.