Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.