So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

Live to learn, and you will really learn to live.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

A fool is wise in his eyes.

Error is always more busy than truth.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

I think I’m like most people – we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don’t deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it’s very hard not to be fearless.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.

I just think that trusting God means we’re going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we’re never going to understand them all.

I think style is being so comfortable and confident in what you’re wearing. That’s what style is, ‚cause everybody’s got different style.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.

We can approach God’s throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage – they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Politicians love regulating. That’s part of the whole power structure.

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

A lie cannot live.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

I’m sure I’ve changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up – as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I’ve changed my mind about some food that I didn’t like when I was young.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

I felt like, for so many years – and I still even feel it – as a girl, you can’t really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

I can hold my own when it comes to burping. I’ve got a good feeling that I could win a championship.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.