Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

I curse the heavens for letting the stars fall, I curse myself for not being there to catch them.

It is our responsibility to enlighten our people.

The hero's achievement, in short, is to affirm life.

Life is going to present you with tons of problems, it's what you do about them that matters.

Other than the bombs they strap to their chests, Ive got no idea what makes the Palestinians tick.

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

I have a twenty-month-old baby, a sixteen-year-old boy - same maturity level.

I'm not much of a revenge person, because I think when you start with revenge it cheapens what you've been through.

The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections.

I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything.