Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.

A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future. What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made? In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world's greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.

There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.

Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.

Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

A man can't retire his experience.