A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn't force your way into someone else's, because then it wouldn't be a bubble any more.

To experience what isn't, love what is.

You can die from kitsch. And we're close to it.

I entered beauty pageants in much the same spirit most people enter politics - with high ideals and ambitions. Similarly, I had to make some adjustments here and there along the way.

Health-wise there is nothing to worry about. Though I had gone through a surgery sometime ago, it was nothing serious.

The Way is ever nameless.

That's one of the great things about touring. It makes you machinelike in a way that you can re-create this music not only in the right way but even better than when it was conceived.

It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.

It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.

She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.