Benigno Aquino III Quotes

No one can fill Senator Daniel K. Inouye's shoes - but together, all of us, we can try to walk in his footsteps.

I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

I stand for the nation's dreams, and my life's work is to make them come true.

I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I was ever into what it did for me.

I never worked hard until I got to the Howard Law School and met Charlie Houston... I saw this man's dedication, his vision, his willingness to sacrifice, and I told myself, 'You either shape up or ship out.' When you are being challenged by a great human being, you know that you can't ship out.

The national team requires a work commitment but also a personal one as well. To lead your country is something very different.

I gave my life for Styx and I'm really very proud of it and I didn't want to perform that music and screw it up.

Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might.

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

I had to take false steps and go through hard times to come out to where I am now. I can't imagine living without acting. It's not easy, and I don't disrespect anyone who steps out of it after a certain point. Having a family and a house is cool. It's not a betrayal. But if you're going to be an actor, it has to be more than a passing interest.

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

Starting a company is like going to war. You can't do anything else but be fully engaged. You have to be insanely, passionately, nothing-can-stop-me committed.

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.

My Dad was such an incredible person, and you have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting it all go or you have the option of standing strong, sticking together and carrying on what he lived and died for. And I think that's what's so important - to be able to carry on where he left off.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

The thing a player has to ask himself: 'Do you want to choose winning over standing out?' Dwyane Wade made that choice, and I don't think he gets enough credit.

It takes heart to be in political life.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.