There's always someone to help, there's always some way in which you can perfect yourself through service to others.
The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore, there should be a dialogue on these issues.
Clearly security without values is like a ship without a rudder. But values without security are like a rudder without a ship.
Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it as their task to bring about. Superstars seek success in a technique for eliciting support; heroes pursue success as the outgrowth of inner values.
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
I came to the conclusion, that if my advice wouldn't be taken by those who needed it most and was stolen by those who could well afford to pay for it, that I would hereafter give advice only to myself and always sell it to others.
What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.
. . . life is too short to do the whole.
Welcome, my old friend, Welcome to a foreign fireside.