But we think as people and countries, not as a species.

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

I can live well with what I have.I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more.

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.

I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live.

If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me.

Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have anything but solitude.

Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.

In life you can fall down 1000 times but the point is to have the willingness to stand up and to start again.

The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would be different.

Count the cost of everything.Rather than asking someone, "How much does this cost?" Ask yourself, "What is my value?

As leaders, it all comes down to trust. Do you trust the sovereignty of God?

When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

I don't shop by brand loyalty at all. I'm just drawn to what I like when I shop.

I love the house that I've been living in for over 40 years. I really am a homebody and I still love to play golf.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.

Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord.

We have always needed old people to keep things from going too fast and young people to keep them from going too slow. Youth has fire and age has light and we need both.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.