I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It’s enough. Because it’s important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

Louis van Gaal is one of the most successful managers in the world.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

Intimates are predestined.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine’s Day is that it gets geared up as the day to profess your love. See, T-E-S-T – that’s a bad word that doesn’t go with L-O-V-E.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It’s the only place I’m completely alone – up in the air, detached from everything.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

I’ve 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you’re not naive after the first few thousand. I’ve helped people deal with things that most people can’t imagine.

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.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.

I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.

When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‚Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.‘

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

I can’t jump the highest. I’m obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as ‚us‘ and ‚them‘ – he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above… he knows that we all love our country… and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas… he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.

I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that.

Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

I do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

My reputation grows with every failure.

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.

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.

I love my friends and my past, and it’s made me who I am.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

It’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

There’s definitely going to be things that I’m not very good at, things I can improve.

Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves.

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.