If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!

Ability is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.

You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.

All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.