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I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
 A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel
in his heart.  
 A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel
in his heart. 
No man is hurt but by himself.
No man is hurt but by himself.
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
 The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true
courage.  
 The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true
courage. 
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
 People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others read more 
 People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair,
and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial,
industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life
the success often erroneously attributed to good luck. 
 When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are
smarter than they are.  
 When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are
smarter than they are.