Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues – of my comrades in the movement – who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

I have trouble imagining what I could do that’s beyond the practicality of what I can do.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

I have a strong feeling that I shall be glad when I am dead and done for – scrapped at last to make room for somebody better, cleverer, more perfect than myself.

I think I am smart unless I am really, really in love, and then I am ridiculously stupid.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

Being humble matters.

In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

Honestly, I always believed in myself. For real, for real.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

I have an expression I use as I’ve gone around the world through my career: ‚You never tell another man or woman what’s in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.‘

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. You can’t imagine how often I’ve tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne – to beat her down, hide her.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.