Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.