"I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"

"Do what you do best, and you will succeed"

"Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor"

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

"To be the best, you need the best"