... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

When all the battles are fought then the biggest battle is, the battle to honour and treasure the hard won victory.

You are always guided and protected, loved unconditionally and never alone.

I like being on my own. I mean, I'm sure a Pack’s best for some dogs, but I've walked alone since I left my Pup Pack. I can look after myself.

I don't keep a journal.

Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you're saying, 'Once upon a time.' That's what writing is all about.

A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.

I think the world of Chuck Berry.

All of us have times when we think we are ugly,but all.of us have a unique beauty others do not have.