As A Historian, What I Trust Is

Excitement About Things Became A Habit, A Part Of My Personality, And The Expectation That I Should Enjoy New Experiences Often Engendered The Enjoyment Itself.

I Think Some People Who Go Into Public Life, If They Go In Needing The Applause Of Thousands, They're Never Going To Work Out Successfully In The End, Because They Don't Know Who They Are Apart From The Crowds.

He (william Howard Taft) Had Little Patience With The Unconscious Arrogance Of Conscious Wealth And Financial Success.

The Past Is Not Simply The Past, But A Prism Through Which The Subject Filters His Own Changing Self-image.

I Think Confidence Comes From Doing Something Well, Working At It Hard, And You Build It Up. It's Not Something You're Born With. You Have To Build The Confidence As You Go Along.