The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.

What one does easily, one does well.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.