The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Success always leaves footprints.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.

I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come