Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.
I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.
Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.