God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it's as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation.

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.