Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

I love women with attitude.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

I don’t follow all the 48 laws. Like, I’ve never crushed anyone totally.

Freedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community – not from governmental restraints.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up – or else we all go down.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

God helps those who help themselves.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation – and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I’ve met with, and I’ve met them all: It’s never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.