It doesn't take great men to do things, but is doing things that makes men great.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.