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.
You can't blame gravity for falling in love.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
I owe my solitude to other people.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.