The United States is the most powerful country in the world, and it will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people or find a different room.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
A school should not just be a place to learn, but a place that inspires learning.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.