If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

If I think too hard about a relationship, I’ll talk myself out of it.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

You are doomed to make choices. This is life’s greatest paradox.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

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

The more successful I become, the more I need a man.

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership – first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

I don’t want followers.

Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee… I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can’t wait for a feeling to motivate you.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

I don’t want to spend money the club doesn’t have; I don’t want to hold a player that doesn’t want to stay.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

No one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn’t tell what to say, how is someone else going to?

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

Let’s just be smart this time. I’m looking for smart.

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it’s an illusory sense of control.

The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

I’m of the school of thought where if you can’t sort something out for yourself then no one can help you.

The die is cast.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.

If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‚Is it safe?‘ Expediency asks the question, ‚Is it politic?‘ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‚Is it popular?‘ But Conscience asks the question, ‚Is it right?‘

No man is hurt but by himself.

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

I don’t ever make moves under pressure.

Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for ten more years.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Of two evils, choose neither.