When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.

I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned stop conning yourself.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot therefore maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials but the voters of this country.