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.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

I probably wouldn’t have made it this far if I were a refugee.

Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

‚Mean‘ is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I’m glad I lived out both roles.

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.

And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.

I think every entertainer’s had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can’t remember everything all the time, and especially if you’re having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.