"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."

"We will make them think it's their idea. That's how all great leaders fool people."

"Forgiveness is the key to happiness."

"You, too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims and destination."

"There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues."

"From error to error one discovers the entire truth."

"Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire."

"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink."

"Find peace in where and what you are."

"We must become the change we want to see."

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."