To have faith where you cannot see; to be willing to work on in the dark; to be conscious of the fact that, so long as you strive for the best, there are better things on the way, this in itself is success.

You can't in good faith do a case like this unless you have a reasonable likelihood of success.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

The fact that this was the only significant veto left untouched yesterday shows the success of New York's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. We're hopeful that we've now closed the chapter on this debate and that we can move forward with the legislature and the Governor on an ambitious agenda to build and strengthen clean energy efforts in New York.

hitting a homerun is not everything, but getting on base is

To work / to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.