You cannot help the small men, by tearing down the big men.

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Optimism is a gift, but one that must be carefully controlled. Your hopeful optimism will get us all killed!

A good listener is not only popular everywhere but after a while he knows something.

As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.

In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.

I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!

I spend a lot of time near water.

I worked all through my 20's, all through my 30's, so I've been lucky to be working.

Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter

Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.

only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.