Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

A nation's hundred-year plan rests on education.

-- Itō Hirobumi

A nation should not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.

-- Otto von Bismarck

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

-- Margaret Thatcher

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

-- Margaret Thatcher

What do I care about my chatter from yesterday?

-- Konrad Adenauer

We are all in the same boat.

-- Konrad Adenauer