"The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"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"

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly"

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

"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"

"Action conquers fear"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"