Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understand the problems of running a country.
Don’t look for big things, just do small things with great love. The smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.
Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas.
Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
It always seems impossible until it’s done.