In the United States, to an unprecedented degree, the individual's social role has come to be determined not by who he is but by what he can accomplish.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.