The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

...these sleepless nights, when oddly enough my concentration was high, fueled perhaps by the effort to ignore the all-engrossing threat of bombs and rockets.

Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don't care to know before they surrender!

Even when things seem to be going wrong, they just could be going right because when you're in God's will, the negatives are part of his positive program.

Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.

The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That's the real problem, the perspective picture.

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

Twilight was the worst hour, because it was the hour of indecision.

There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors who you want to work with doing little movies.

The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself.