“Be a great speaker, become a leader.”

The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.

To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.

It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.

Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.

Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Virtue is not always amiable.

No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.

We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.

A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.

Go on and improve in everything worthy.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.

Fight every chance you can to be you. Don’t let them intimidate you. Authenticity is greatness.

Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.

Greatness pulls mediocrity into the mud. Get out there and get after it.

The price of failure is just too great to imagine.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.