Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

It is my belief that no matter how advanced man may become in science, technology, systems, and knowledge, he can never improve on the foundational precepts of marriage as the bedrock of social development.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.