"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me."

"A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind."

"The most difficult thing is not to change society — but to change yourself."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."