All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.