I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

To find yourself, be yourself. To get lost in yourself, love yourself unconditionally.

I think I said that every generation had its weaklings--that that was one of the penalties of greatness--but that their failings were seldom remembered by posterity.

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.

My mother made me truly appreciate women.

How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.

Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.

Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out.

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.

The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back; Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat.