Martin Svoboda

“Don't allow tyrants and aggressors to get away with it”

“Don't take public opinion for granted – but don't either underrate the degree to which good people will endure sacrifices for a worthwhile cause”

“Don't fall into the trap of imagining that the West can remake societies”

“Political backwardness is a mental activity that works outside the logic of rationality. It turns the national thought into my party and the authority of the institution to the institution of power.”

“One of the meanings of democracy is the criticism of political parties, not the homeland… the homeland for all, and the parties for power.”

“It’s not easy. But it’s simple.”

“I’m just a speck of sand in the desert of time.”

“Maturity is knowing that you need to give up things today for greater gains tomorrow.”

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”

“If I had my life to do over again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”

“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom though failure. We get very little wisdom from success.”

“Unlearning is a prerequisite for growth.”

“Successful people do two things that many other people don’t: They initiate action, and they finish what they start.”

“Successful people don’t allow their feelings to determine their behavior. They behave their way into feeling so that they can do what they must to grow and keep moving forward.”

“Successful people are realistic about their problems and find positive ways to approach them.”

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at actually begin to change.”

“Change occurs by following this process: New Information is accepted. A new attitude is adopted. A new behavior is practiced. New conviction influence others.”

“To grow you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past.”

“The person who insists on using yesterdays methods in today’s world won’t be in business tomorrow.”