'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Love is the only gold.

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Leaders must exemplify integrity and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do this, you set high standards for everyone at your company. And when you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for shared goals and purpose, you can deeply connect with your team and customers.

Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they're doing it. That's purpose. And that's the key to achieving something truly transformational.

My role at Lockheed Martin puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields - from science and engineering to philanthropy and government. And since we also work closely with our nation's armed forces, we tend to reflect a lot on leadership and how we can inspire successful teamwork, cooperation, and partnerships.

You can't forget that organizational success flows from the hearts and minds of the men and women you lead. Rather than treating your people as you'd like to be treated, treat them as they would like to be treated. Small gestures like opting for face-to-face meetings or sending personal notes can have an enormous impact on teams and their morale.

In times of uncertainty, employees crave clarity. As a leader, you won't always have all of the answers - no one expects you to - so you must be open to listening and learning from others. Once you understand a particular challenge and outline the options, you have to be confident in making bold and optimistic decisions.

A more consistent and sustainable relationship with China will be a core goal of my administration. That requires open channels of communication, both with China's leadership and the Taiwanese people.

In the face of love, everyone is equal. Let everyone have the freedom to love and to pursue their happiness. I am Tsai Ing-wen, and I support marriage equality.

I have this idea of a Taiwan Consensus, which means people in Taiwan have to get together and form a consensus of their own and that they turn around to talk to the Chinese to form a cross-strait consensus so we can build a relationship on that consensus. And in my view, that is the right order to do things.

Our democratic system, national identity, and international space must be respected. Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations.

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.

Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

Every time you go out there to do something, you wonder if you can do it. There's no assured success. There's no secret recipe for success. Every time you go out there, you go out there with the possibility of great failure.

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has reward and sacrifice and more reward and disappointment and joy and happiness, and it's always going to be the same.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.

Religion and politics hit nerves. There's a lot of anger about a lot of things. It's not easily resolved. I guess that's what wars are about. Wars are about prejudice and fear. Hit first before you get hit. Believe me, I know.

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.

A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter.

The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.

Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and their outlook to life.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.

Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.