We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: "To rise above the little things."

Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.