“Writing is a dog’s life but the only life worth living”
“Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times”
“The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft”
“Everything one invents is true you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry”
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
“Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge.”
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible”
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards....”
“If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.”
“Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success”
“The more you confront the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable with it”
“The more you learn, the more you earn.”
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer”
“Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.”