History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid?

Because sometimes the best leaders are the ones who have no interest in leading. Those are often the ones who are most interested in doing what is right, not what is popular.

It takes a lot of courage to choose to do nothing when you aren’t certain of the outcome.

Things don't always work out the way we hope. You just have to pick yourself up and find a new direction to go in.

Leaders are forced to kill all the time. Then they have to learn to live with the decisions they make. Just like I'm going to learn to live with mine.

People will believe the crisis is over because they want to believe their world is safe.

No one gets something for nothing, we all should know better

The time to lead is now.

It's been so long since I've been okay, I don't know what it feels like anymore.

Live in the beauty of love to live in peace.

With out freedom nothing has value, Free agency is the only true key to happiness.

Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom

My birthday is in August - right before September, so I have that "back to school" feeling ingrained in me so that time of year is when I usually do personal goals or resolutions.

Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

I think we're all fans of Twilight. Being in this Saga, you become a fan. I have the whole DVD collection at home. I put it on every day and watch it at least five times a day. Is that weird?

They'd smash up the world if they thought it would make a pretty noise.

The brain abhors discrepancies.

When you're tired, you rationalize. You make excuses in your mind. You say, "I'm too tired; I'm bushed; I can't do this; I'll loaf." Then you're a coward.