Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

I’m asking myself, ‚What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do we want for them?‘ Well, to start with, I think we want someone who is a unifying force in this country: someone who sees our differences not as a threat, but as a blessing.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne’er loved them.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving – as if it were an individual person – its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

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

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.

The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let’s seek to heal rather than to wound each other.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don’t be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do.

Yes, it is one of my ultimate aims – it is the ultimate sense of football: to make the people happy, to let them live some emotions that you usually can’t get.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It’s the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Pakistan is not a unified country.

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We’re standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

We want justice, but at the same time, we gotta love and come together and bring unity, and I feel it’s gonna happen.

Outsourcing is inevitable, and I don’t think it’s necessarily treating people like things.

I think when the president of the United States calls for military action, he should do it for a united people, especially when the methods have been so cruel, so explicitly directed at Americans.

It is natural to want to have a future.

The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers – keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

I am criticised for not celebrating my goals enough. I am very happy from within, very calm. I just don’t celebrate. I celebrate inside.

Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.