When in doubt, don’t.

There are definitely people who disagree with certain creative decisions you make. Pleasing everyone is pretty hard.

We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

Example is leadership.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

The future is called ‚perhaps‘, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I’m riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I’m riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park – no, I don’t wear the dreaded helmet then.

I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

The issues that cross a president’s desk are never easy. The easy questions don’t even get to the president.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that’s the law.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

We fear that this moment will end, that we won’t get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

One reason I don’t want to play in England again is because we don’t have any personalities.

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

I want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.

Life is anything but predictable.

The worst men often give the best advice.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it’s feet first!

Imagination decides everything.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.

It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

I don’t have all the answers.

There’s a reason why the Foo Fighters don’t blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that’s hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn’t really come up, or it just hasn’t felt right.

You can’t have a value structure without a hierarchy. They’re the same thing because a value structure means one thing takes precedence over another.