Even Achilles was only as strong as his heel.
Conscience has an unmistakable stink to it, sort of like raw onions and morning breath. But a lie stinks even more when it’s coming from someone who isn’t used to lying. It’s more like rotten eggs and horse****.
Anyone can commit suicide, or spout their mouth in front of a camera. But you wanna know what takes real courage? Keeping your mouth shut, no matter what you might be feeling. Holding it all together when the stakes are this high.
After all, we are nothing more or less than what we choose to reveal.
A smart president will steal good ideas from anyone.
“Half-empty, half-full” is an expression I have never cared for.
You don’t get second chances in elections.
You can’t expect the office to do anything more than what you bring to it.
When I lie to you, you’ll never know it, and it will be for a good reason.
What you have to understand about my people is that they are a noble people. Humility is their form of pride. It is their strength. It is their weakness. And if you can humble yourself before them, they will do anything you ask.
We’re all ruthless. We all destroy. But corruption? That’s a matter of perspective.
We need to respond to strength with strength.
