Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
All men love themselves.
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be the most successful graduate if you go into the business world and take as much you can get. That's not how nature works. Nature has a much simpler economy. Everything in nature takes what it needs. That's it. You don't see an oak tree gathering up all the resources. An oak tree takes what it needs to be the authentic oak tree it is.
Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.
I do believe that 2016 is going to be a great year for Democrats. . . because we are right on the key issues.
Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.