"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."

"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

"Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy."

"Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent."

"I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then."

"We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways."

"Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams."

"Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever."