Everything I've done, I've done because I wanted to do it. In doing it, I've plunged in headlong, always believing in it.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

If by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because those who can say it are very few. But ecstasy doesn't last long and is seldom if ever repeated.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

My father was a saint. I'm not.