Once A President Gets To The White

(from John Hay's Diary) “the President Never Appeared To Better Advantage In The World,” Hay Proudly Noted In His Diary. “though He Knows How Immense Is The Danger To Himself From The Unreasoning Anger Of That Committee, He Never Cringed To Them For An Instant. He Stood Where He Thought He Was Right And Crushed Them With His Candid Logic.

If Your Ambition Comes At The Price Of An Unbalanced Life, That There's Nothing Else That Gives You Comfort But Success, It's Not Worth It.

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.

They All Start Competing Against Lincoln As The Greatest President. And The [library] Building Becomes The Symbol, The Memorial To That Dream.