Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

A good liar must have a good memory.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.