We have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun remains our undisputed possession, for our future lies upon the water.

It is the soldier and the army, not parliamentary majorities and decisions, that have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in the army.

For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.

Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.

Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.

Woe and death to all who resist my will!

Germany must have her place in the sun.

I see myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way, regardless of transient opinions and views.

You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.

The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.

I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.

Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her.

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

A woman has no control over herself.

I make our family traditions a priority.

really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.

I do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church.

Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.

Track your small wins to motivate big accomplishments.