Friend Quotes

True leadership is rooted in accountability and integrity.

For me,

life is continuously being hungry.

The meaning of life is not simply to exist,

to survive, but to move ahead,

to go up,

to achieve,

to conquer.

To become truly great,

one has to stand with people,

not above them.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man

without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

It isn't until you come to a spiritual,

understanding of who you are,

not necessarily a religious feeling,

but deep down, the spirit within,

that you can begin to take control.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting;

but never hit soft.

Things do not happen.

Things are made to happen

Love is not to be purchased and affection has no price.

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field,

not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

I don't believe you

have to be better

than everybody else.

I believe you have

to be better than

you ever thought

you could be.

I'd rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone

than hire the wrong person.

When something is important enough,

you do it even if the odds are not in your favor

No man is above the law and no man is below it:

nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate;

and while the debate goes on,

the canal does also.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

The purpose of opening the mind,

as of opening the mouth,

is to shut it again on something solid.

Shoot for the stars,

but keep your feet on the ground.

Why are we,

as a nation so obsessed with foreign things?

Is it a legacy of our colonial years?

We want foreign television sets.

We want foreign shirts.

We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported?

In order for the light to shine so brightly,

the darkness must be present.

When we tackle obstacles,

we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience

we did not know we had.

And it is only when we are faced with failure

do we realise that these resources were always there within us.

We only need to find them and move on with our lives.