To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

In real life, second chances are rare. I therefore advise you to take every single chance very seriously.

Everything new is on the rim of our view, in the darkness, below the horizon, so that nothing new is visible but in the light of what we know.

We can't change what is coming. Something is always coming.

It was, however, time to accept fear for what it was, an emotion that was preventing them from being who they needed to be.

The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.

Name 12 players better than me.

I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.

I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don't really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.

... new EU embassies lack the expertise in the field of culture and given the budget cuts in all Member States it is important to confront this challenge together.