History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

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.

The stories are not made, they are discovered.

Outside every thin girl is a fat man trying to get in.

Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence.

I want to keep everyone happy but at the same time I also have to be confident with what I'm putting out and be secure with it.

If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.

Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can't rebuild ecology, or a giraffe.

I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.

Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.

I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away.

I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano.