A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

...there’s nothing of any importance in life—except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It’s the only measure of human value.

A real, true love that makes a human being believe in the power of destiny happens only once in a lifetime.

I'm one of those people who loves to fly.

It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad.

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor.

I've been down in Florida since 1979. When you're born in Nebraska you really can't explain it.

There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.

Ric Flair, you put me in this position. You named me the Legend Killer and after Tuesday, you will respect me.