True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded.

Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did it.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being - we can do it.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

Do not be afraid of mistakes, provided you do not make the same one twice.

Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done.