I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Beautiful Can Not quotations

If a man does not have the sauce, then he is lost. But the same man can be lost in the sauce.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.

I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.

If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best?

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

They say time is money but really it's not If we ever go broke, then time is all we got And we can't make that back, no you can't make that back

Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.

During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they (Western nations) do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to other planet.

Most of what we say and do is not essential.

If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Race? It is a feeling, not a reality.

Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today.... National pride has no need of the delirium of race.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Believe in God like you believe in the sunrise.

Not because you can see it, but because you can see all it touches.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry.

It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.

If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it.

The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.

The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts.

We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts.

I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you.

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.