Of two evils, choose neither.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

Don’t swap horses in crossing a stream.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

There’s strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it’s perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I’m sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don’t even know when you’re being compromised till after the fact, and that’s what you regret.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I’m taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

It has not yet become obvious to me that there’s no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live and could not spare any more time for that one.

To be is to do.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.

I didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.

States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

I have too many clothes, I have too many options.

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

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‚why?‘ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‚why not?‘

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

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

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

Ordinary morality is innate in my view.

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

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multi-member court.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.