He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

A problem is an opportunity to find a new way.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.

The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness.

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

That's the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It's just the same enemy - blank paper.

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion.

Understand the "Pygmalion Effect": Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.