"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."

"There is a certain exhilaration in working with people who are doing things, whether they are right or wrong."

"You can't just talk about it. You have to be about it."

"The knowledge that you have made someone else's life a little brighter can be the source of deep joy."