Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.

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.

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.