‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

I was inspired to spend an entire year – my 65th year – reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu’s messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

My whole family have all been through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children.

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

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 always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

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.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

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.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

With tech companies, whoever’s the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, ‚Is this the end of them?‘ And – there’s more – more times people think that’s the case than it really is the case.

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

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

My company survives because I’ve learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

I’m married. My wife, Stella – a beautiful woman. She’s brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

See things from the boy’s point of view.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval. In middle school, bullies tortured other kids because they thought it would make people like them more.

No one wants advice – only corroboration.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Do not be afraid to ask for help. Nobody gets through college on their own.

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

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

Age doesn’t bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It’s the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

I wouldn’t say that anyone in fashion is on my side. I don’t think there’s anyone on my side.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

We need somebody who’s got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old – and that’s the criterion by which I’ll be selecting my judges.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.