Some people may have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly, by “doin' what comes naturally”; and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.

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

An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.