The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it’s surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by a hostile superpower, the United States, which is constantly violating the U.N. charter by leaving open what they call the saying, ‚all options are open‘ – meaning the threat of war.

The prescription for endless war poses a far greater danger to Americans than perceived enemies do, for reasons the terrorist organisations understand very well.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity – or it will move apart.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

I couldn’t ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

At one point, I didn’t care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible.

I was born in Europe… and I’ve traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

Once I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

I’m reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States – for the century, at least.

I live on the West Coast of the United States, and yet the air that I breathe is sometimes the same air that was being breathed in China the day before.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don’t really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

I don’t intend to stop making music.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It’s not like Egypt, where you’re going to get murdered by the security forces.

Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don’t intend to give in either till all is completed.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.

In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their correlation. The study of attitudes is reasonably easy in the United States: heavily-polled society, pretty serious and accurate polls, and policy you can see, and you can compare them.

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.