Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'