A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
"I'm not going to do just nothing anymore.""Well, not so much. They don't let you."
Many, many citizens have also expressed the same wish. It only reflects their love and affection for me and the aspiration of the people. I am really overwhelmed by this support. This being their wish, I respect it. I want to thank them for the trust they have in me.
My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, "Those things that hurt instruct!" I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer them.