Inspirational Sayings

Every man has a right to decide his own destiny. The only thing that I don't like is when they decide it for someone else.

I believe that our young people, who are not even interested in politics, are interested in the future.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

I don't believe in the doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope, but I do believe in the infallibility of the people.

We are not here to fear. We are here to hope and to do.

The greatest part of my life was spent in the hog business. I know all about hogs.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are?

The main thing is to build, to settle, to create facts on the ground.

I come from a generation where you don’t think of yourself as separate from the Jewish people. You are part of the Jewish people.

I hope that Japan will always be a nation that contributes to world peace.

The destiny of Africa is in the hands of Africans.

The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.

The purpose of development is man's development, not the development of things.

The Congolese people will overcome all obstacles.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

I have created a nation out of sticks and stones.