Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

It sure is hell to be president.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God’s word to justify bigotry and persecution.

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that’s OK, too. It’s whatever suits you.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We’re all god.

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you’re not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

We knew sports was important to us and our family, but there are priorities in life.Obviously, faith is foremost; how we did in school is important. If we didn’t handle that business then there were no privileges.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

I believe in being an innovator.

The violence in the Bible is appalling.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

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

I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will.

I used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it’s a trend.

Every person who confesses that Christ Jesus is Lord, repents of their sin and gives their heart to God is a child of God and belongs to Him. And in Christ, we are made right with God, we are His righteousness, and we have the power of Christ in us to live right.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

God wants to help us… He loves us… we are His children. But He will not force His help on us at any time. He sees us when we struggle and fight and complain our way through things. And I believe it breaks His heart, when all we have to do is ask Him for help.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.

Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‚Hey, I did my religious duty.‘ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women and older women.