Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

Action expresses priorities.

I want to rethink ‚surrender‘ as an active verb.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don’t want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren’t. There are pranks, IMs.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

You know, it’s not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

I’ve never been a boyfriend kind of girl.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn’t for you. It’s for the Presidency.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

What is once well done is done forever.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I’ve always had a problem with the average macho man – they’ve always been a threat to me.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But this struck a much deeper chord. I don’t have the ability yet to speak about it in an objective.

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn’t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that’s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to do.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

What I love best in life is new starts.

You need to understand what works best for your own body.

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

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

I didn’t try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.