I gladly sacrifice pear-shaped tones in favor of down-to-earth emotion.

All limitations are self-imposed.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.

The children of any nation are its future. A country, a movement, a person that does not value its youth and children does not deserve its future.

Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

I think the fakest thing in the world is to judge someone on how they look.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.

The burden of intelligence: you can always imagine all those wonderful places where you can never belong.

The difference between a positive attitude and a negative attitude can be measured by its level of energy, both inwardly and outwardly.

Backsliders begin with dusty Bibles and end with filthy garments.

We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.

If I'm going to be president, I will try the best I can, and I'm a very good dealmaker, believe me.

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.

Super-successf ul people aren’t the most gifted people in their fields. They just work, study and practice more than the competition.

I wasn't trying to be a scientist. I only ever wanted to be a naturalist, like a David Attenborough.

If the corn laws were altered, the British artisan might again be able to subsist by twelve hours' labour, a most desirable event.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.