"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together."

"I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not."

"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance."

"Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests."

"Patience is a virtue because every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"It is a steadfast truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait."