It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.

I wonder how many people have been killed, tortured, and in some cases cannibalized, all because certain Christians (mis)applied the book of Joshua to their lives.

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.

Whatever the universal perspective one adopts, it is important to recognise that some form of universalism is politically and ethically necessary.

I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.

In sharing how God is changing our lives, we find the lives of others changed as well.

It's not what you appreciate; it's that you appreciate.

I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get you.

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.