The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

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

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.