Richard Dreyfuss Quotes

Lincoln believed in the American people.

President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.

We are too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams.

It is not parties that make or save countries or that build them to greatness. It is clean men, clean ordinary citizens, the masses.

What people admire about Prime Minister Modi is that he is an ambitious leader who is trying to elevate India economically, and enlisting all Indians in that project will make it more successful.

America promised equality. Its constitution said so. My schoolbooks said so. The country wasn't perfect, to be sure. But its ideals were. And every day brought us closer to those ideals.

America is too great for small dreams.

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.

I love America. It's got potential to be great again. But, really, it's not great right now.

My abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.

One thing you should know about me is I never play to lose, Always aim high and rarely obey the rules.

America's greatness rests on far more than the power of our arms. Our greatness is also measured by our goodness, it's in the capacity of our minds, of our hearts, and it's in the strength of our democracy.

I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth.

They build too low who build beneath the skies.

Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.

May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

When a leader in the Church inspires council members with vision, he helps them focus on their real mission so that they are ministering to people rather than merely administering programs.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

I'm going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I'm an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

Nothing big ever came from being small.

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars.