We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of "peace on earth, good will toward men." That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: "except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views

Don't let people tell you what's wrong with your life, when they have nothing right about theirs. They expect you to fail, because they didn't succeed. They expect you to quit, because they have a life full of incomplete dreams. They want you to lose faith, because they've lost hope. The impossibilities they placed on their life have nothing to do with you. The lack of faith that they put in their heart has nothing to do with you. Don't let their small mindset shrink your BIG VISION.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.