“So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied.”

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

The rising tide lifts all the boats.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

Justice delayed is democracy denied.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.

All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.

Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.

There is no short cut to acheivement.

The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.

If you have the desire and passion to do something, and it’s within God’s will, you will achieve it.

If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.

He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.

I believe that for the most part, achieving success – whatever that is for you – is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.