"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."

"There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself over to despair. That way lays defeat and death."

"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot tell. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward."

"I am not an expert on anything."

"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end."