Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight into human beings and their motivation by reading great fiction than by personal acquaintance.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

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.

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude

Nothing was ever accomplished by anyone who said 'It can't be done.'

As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.