About

"It is the characteristic of a leader that he not doubt the capacity of the people he's leading to realize whatever he's dreaming. Think if Martin Luther King had said, 'I have a dream!... 'course I'm not sure they'll be up to it.'"

Education

• Syracuse University
• Pinkerton Academy

Favorite saying

• ""The conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound... he depends for his power on his ability to make other people powerful." "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened." “There is no failure except in no longer trying." "When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love." "I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome." “Do not turn back when you are just at the goal." "I never think of the future -- it comes soon enough." “We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery." “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." "Where there is great love there are always miracles." “Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." “When humor goes, there goes civilization.” "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." "Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority." "It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously." "A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving." "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before." "To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction." "The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." "Friendship is the great chain of human society." "Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." "Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in." "An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought." "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." "Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom." "It's good to be the king.""