His Quotes

What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He's been bridging divisions his whole life.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

There's so much boldness in living life this way, and we did it all, and no one can take it away from us.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpayer funded backing for wholesale term funding for Australian deposit taking institutions. I call on the Government it make clear the conditions upon which taxpayer funds will be used in this way.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

Advertising is salesmanship mass produced. No one would bother to use advertising if he could talk to all his prospects face-to-face. But he can't.