"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts."

"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed."

"Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come"