"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

"I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort."

"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world."

"It is a timeless truth that peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace."

"Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."