"I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend"

"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"

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

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

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

"To be the best, you need the best"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"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"

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"