“Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.”

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.

Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.

A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.

There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

The issues in America are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in Donald Trump to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.

This town is too small for you. You were always meant for bigger things. Girls like us aren’t fit for cages we are meant to fly.

I used to write stories. Handwriting stories in school were a big deal for me. That’s kind of what I did.

One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.

For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t it?

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.

When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.

When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.