"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"It is a profound truth that every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew where everything was. So technically, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, movies are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've got nothing."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that the greatest battles are fought within."

"I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."

"The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House."