We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
Barack Obama

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
Tony Robbins

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald Reagan

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark Twain

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Mark Twain

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Mark Twain

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Mark Twain

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Mark Twain

Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Mark Twain

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Mark Twain

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
Mark Twain

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Abraham Lincoln

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Winston Churchill

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden