The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

No one has a right to happiness.

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter