What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in the state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

I hope someday to have so much of what the world calls success, that people will ask me, “What’s your secret?” and I will tell them, “I just get up again when I fall down.

We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to a process.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

I did not seek greatness. I only sought to fulfill my duties.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.