There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past, we cannot effectively cope with either the present or the future.

The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.