The world is governed by personalities very different to what people that cannot see further than their eyes, believe

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.

The days go by, through the brief silence of winter, when the sunshine is so still and pure, like iced wine, and the dead leaves gleam brown, and water sounds hoarse in the ravines.

Consider meekness as a character trait to develop and then you will leave a leagcy as a leader who influenced and touched lives.

Hide not thy tears; weep boldly, and be proud to give the flowing virtue manly way; it is nature's mark to know an honest heart by.

I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.

The truth is, wherever you choose to be, it's the wrong place.

Steroids are used in all sports.

Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.

The first task of the doctor is ... political: the struggle against disease must begin with a war against bad government." Man will be totally and definitively cured only if he is first liberated.

Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

I always know the ending; that's where I start.