The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.