The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what's important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.

When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.