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.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But this struck a much deeper chord. I don’t have the ability yet to speak about it in an objective.

I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I was so rude when I was a little girl.

My friends are my estate.

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

Delhi means everything to me. This city has given me everything, and I love it.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

If you’re trying too hard to be the girl next door, you’re not going to be.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can’t run a state.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

Alimony – the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

It’s a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can’t stop playing the game the way you’ve always played it.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

I want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago that we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life.

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

For me, education was power.

When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense, to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His children.

Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

I’ll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it’s disappointing.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

There’s a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

I’ve done the bad-boy thing. It was fun for a good three months. But the thing about bad boys is, you have to keep in mind, you’re never gonna marry a bad boy.

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend 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.