If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Nature does nothing in vain.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

The reason that Apple is able to create products like the iPad is because we've always tried to be at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.