“I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.”

The die is cast.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Creating is the essence of life.

All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.

It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men’s minds more seriously than what they see.

In extreme danger fear feels no pity.

The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.

There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.

Let us go where the gods have shown us the way and the injustice of our enemies calls us.

Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

Everything you’ve done may be undone for you to accomplish much more.

I want to follow my dreams. I want to make sure that I put myself first and accomplish what I need to accomplish.

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet.

Being old didn’t seem like an accomplishment. Everyone I knew who was old was like sick or broke. It just didn’t look appealing until I moved to L.A. and started interacting with people who were 50+ and still kicking it, having money, living large.

Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.

Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.