No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.