Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

While each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person.

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world-making the most of one's best.

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.