Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Be a great artist especially when you draw your life’s picture.

Whenever I feel sad, I just take out my phone and listen to her laughter recorded in my online messenger.

You can’t make someonedo something just becauseyou want them to.What you do have, however, is the opportunity toinfluence their choices.

There are things that change all through your life the way you deal with people, the way you approach problems.

I worked in fashion for ten years, and like anyone in the fashion industry, even if you leave, you never leave fashion behind.

Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying.

It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.

Our lives are not just measured in years. They are measured in the lives we touch around us.

When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character.

According to the Dominant Western tradition, the natural world exists for the benefit of human beings.