It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.