“Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.”

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.

The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

Play the hand you’re dealt.

Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.

In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.

They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.

There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.

I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.