"There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life."

"Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one."

"It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep."

"Freedom is the right to live as we wish."

"We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish."