"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"There are no gains without pains"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"

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

"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"