“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do”

“The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards....”

“What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.”

“I start early, and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 11...”

“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I will do what others can’t”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”

“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable”

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery”

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”