The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.

Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.

Few things are as essential as education.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?

Accomplish something every day of your life.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new.

Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it.

My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.

TV is like theater. You can't enjoy it without a program.

I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.

My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.

I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.

Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.

When we hold back out of laziness that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.

I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability.

My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.