Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he is well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

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.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquire knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.