Either you run the day or the day runs you.
You never know what motivates you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Only the educated are free.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
It's always too early to quit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
In Barack Obama, Democrats have put forth a man of strong religious faith who is comfortable connecting his spiritual life to his public role as a policymaker.