There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

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.

A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers.

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

I love to win, honestly. ... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!

Music's golden tongue Flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor.

I'm a private person; I stick to my neighbourhood and eat in my little restaurants.

I started singing at age five and haven't stopped since.

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

I realized that what was most important to me was following my own path, and not the one laid down for me by others.