There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.
Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I began my education at a very early age; in fact, right after I left college.
It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions which, however seemingly vindicated at a given moment, are inexorably effaced by time.
Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live. We need a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of modern engineers.