The world loves talent but pays off on character.

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

If one defines the term 'dropout' to mean a person who has given up serious effort to meet his responsibilities, then every business office, government agency, golf club and university faculty would yield its quota.

Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.