You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.

I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life. Often I don’t know what I do, then the next day the memory returns. And then I am engulfed in shame.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone’s singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

So let’s be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.

When you’re young, you look at television and think, there’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

There is always something infinitely mean about other people’s tragedies.

If you are not being bullied all I would say – cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well – is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there’s someone in your class that maybe doesn’t have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.

Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people’s throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

Understanding is a two-way street.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

What I remember as a child is that other kids didn’t care about suffering. I always did.

Still and all, why bother? Here’s my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Our teachers deserve better feedback.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

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’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?

I feel like I write so that people can think of it as theirs. If my song is exactly about your life right now, then it is – I don’t even want to say that it’s mine, because it’s yours.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

My mother told me, ‚Son, nobody else but God knows.‘ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

And no, we don’t know where it will lead. We just know there’s something much bigger than any of us here.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you’re a human being, you feel, you suffer. You’re gay, you’re sick, you’re nervous or whatever.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

No one wants advice – only corroboration.

My wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren’t consumed by technology and television.

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.