That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".
Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
