The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.