"The world is full of people who are always waiting for someone else to do something about their problems. They are the ones who will never achieve anything."

"The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of its cities, nor the crops in its fields, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"The only way to defeat an enemy is to make him your friend."

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

"It is not enough to be good; you must be good for something."