Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn’t have that kind of personality, and it’s a terrifying thing to say.

Some kinds of animals burrow in the ground; others do not. Some animals are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others use the hours of daylight. There are tame animals and wild animals. Man and the mule are always tame; the leopard and the wolf are invariably wild, and others, as the elephant, are easily tamed.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered… to feel she is the most important thing in someone’s world. Only a man can paint this picture.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

I have crazy claustrophobic dreams, weird elevator dreams where the elevator closes in and all of a sudden I am lying down – oh my God, it’s a casket. Just freaky stuff like that.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

To bear means to support the weight of that which is held. It is a sacred trust to bear the priesthood, which is the mighty power and authority of God.

The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.

If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.

Exceeds man’s might: that dwells with the gods above.

It’s when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that’s the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

The Medici created and destroyed me.

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Desire is the essence of a man.

I am against nature. I don’t dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can’t touch with decay.

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That’s the way the mind of man operates.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college – the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes – the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That’s what America is about.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don’t mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That’s not power. That’s just corruption.