If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

And what’s the use of talking, if you already know that others don’t feel what you feel?

Enlightenment doesn’t make us a better person if we seek it just for us. It doesn’t erase our desires or put an end to even our own suffering. In fact it is the suffering that ennobles us.

Nothing in Man is either worse or better for being shared with the beasts.

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.

I started to realize that everyone goes through those doubts, and I need to try and be the best version of me I can - not only for myself but everyone around me.

I was on top of Keanu Reeves, he was on his back and I was on my trunk, and I was breathing down his neck for hours and hours. It was... very erotic.

Entrepreneurship is the freedom to do what you want, when you want, how you want.

I don't know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing.

An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.