“I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.”

“As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.”

“Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.”

“The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.”

“We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.”

“Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.”

“The best vision is insight.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”

“I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.”