The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

Once you label me you negate me.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Dare to risk public criticism.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

A jug fills drop by drop.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

Common sense is not so common.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Give up trying to make me give up

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.