The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.
The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant.
So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Earth laughs in flowers.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.
People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.
Many activists just see what's wrong: they want to stand up to injustice and educate people about it. But I think it's equally important for activists to hold a more positive vision of what's right with their country: what's going well, and what they'd like to grow or see more of. I also like to encourage activists to take some time each day to sit silently or take a walk in nature as a way to be in touch with their inner wisdom and peace - and to remember why they are on this path in the first place.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
A lot of dreams don't come true in life. If you can make somebody's dream come true, you should.
I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.
I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
When it comes to your career, you must always try and allow the positive aspects of your character to dictate what happens to you. Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.
Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified.