One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.
Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes.
Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.
I wasn't lucky, I deserved it.
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.
When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.
Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.
Your workouts are important meetings you scheduled with yourself. Bosses don’t cancel.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault. Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.
Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?