As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, eater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

 Even  P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E ends with the letter 'E.' There can be no patience after that. 

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. 

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid. 

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

My future is righteousness.