“Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.”

“When confidence in the power to create is obscured, greed sets in, for greed is nothing but the loss of confidence in one’s own ability to create.”

“There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.”

“Power concedes nothing without a demand.”

“The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by the concept of confidence as the mainspring of political authority: the confidence of the people in their right and ability to decide the destiny of their nation, mutual confidence between the people and their leaders and, most important of all, confidence in the principles of justice, liberty and human rights.”

“Nothing more than education advances the prosperity, the power, and the happiness of a nation. ”

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

“Nothing is without cost. There is a price to all power, and it is not always obvious.”

“Of course, nuclear power has its risks. But there is no power and nothing in the world without risks, not even love.”

“There is nothing as energizing, as confidence-building, as sustaining as the power of love. How substantial is its influence on the human mind and heart! How great and magnificent is its power in overcoming fear and doubt, worry and discouragement!”