The ablest and most effective leaders do not hold to a single style; they may be highly supportive in personal relations when that is needed, yet capable of a quick, authoritative decision when the situation requires it.

The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the tensions of daily life. That is what enables them to rise above the conflicts that plague any society.

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

The world loves talent but pays off on character.