Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.
Margaret Thatcher

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Aristotle

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
Niccolo Machiavelli

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.
Ron Paul

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
Eleanor Roosevelt

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
W. C. Fields

Man - a being in search of meaning.
Plato

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.
Plato

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Plato

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
Plato

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
Plato

Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
Jim Morrison

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.
Voltaire

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Voltaire

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
Joel Osteen

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
Napoleon Hill

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.
Barack Obama

I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
Barack Obama

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
Andy Warhol