Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

'Environment' is not an abstract concern, or simply a matter of aesthetics, or of personal taste - although it can and should involve these as well. Man is shaped to a great extent by his surroundings. Our physical nature, our mental health, our culture and institutions, our opportunities for challenge and fulfillment, our very survival - all of these are directly related to and affected by the environment in which we live. They depend upon the continued healthy functioning of the natural systems of the Earth.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.

But more than anything else, we have learned that legal assistance for the poor, when properly provided, is one of the most constructive ways to help them help themselves.

I don't know a lot about politics, but I know a lot about baseball.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit. The game of life is to come up a winner, to be a success, or to achieve what we set out to do.