Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there’s been a liberating force that’s come from it.
In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.
You must own it to play it.
Even as entrepreneurs, we rely on people to get things done. We may have the original idea, but moving it forward can involve hundreds of people. Every person becomes integral to the overall success.
Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.
I believe the measure of a man isn’t just the road he’s traveled; it’s the choices he’s made along the way.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
Think of the feudal system. You had kings and princes and bishops and lords and so on. They for the most part did not want power to be totally concentrated, they didn’t want total tyrants.
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
Notes are expensive… spend them wisely!
We hate the kindness which we understand.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
Choose happiness, not success, as your life’s goal. If you become successful but aren’t happy, then what is the point?
Where do you go when you’re the best in the world? What’s next?
The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional.
Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
You don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
Parisian men make love all day and have no time to work; American men work all day and have no time for love.
