I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch any thing on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.

My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.